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Segway Disaster Kills Owner, More Deadly Inventions

When Jimi Heselden rode his Segway off a cliff, he became the latest in a long line of unfortunates done in by their own product. The Daily Beast rounds up seven more, from the Glider King to the flying taxi inventor.

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Jimi Heselden (Reuters)
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Jimi Heselden was, by all accounts, a fine man. He rose from the coal mines in Britain to become one of the country’s richest men and most generous philanthropists.

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