Fearing that Gorrie’s invention would ruin his business, [Tudor] began a smearing campaign against the inventor [of the ice maker]... Humiliated by criticism,

Fearing that Gorrie’s invention would ruin his business, [Tudor] began a smearing campaign against the inventor [of the ice maker]... Humiliated by criticism, financially ruined, and his health broken, Gorrie died in seclusion on June 29, 1855 [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icemaker#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icemaker#History