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Re:List of Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions by vollmond on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @04:47PM (#801079)
According to Wikipedia (haha), he was tortured in his device, but it didn't actually kill him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull

Re:List of Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions by varjag on Thursday September 03, 2009 @03:09AM (#801948)
Oh, OK. It's been a while since I read that story.