Kodak inventor takes own life.

[zingii]

The inventor of the snapshot camera committed suicide. His note said "my work is done, why wait."

His name was George Eastman. He was the inventor of the first Kodak snapshot camera. You might recognize the name he gave to it: the Kodak camera. In addition to being one of the first brand names invented from nonsense syllables, it also sparked a photographic revolution that is still strong today.

He was able to simplify the photography process and create a product that everyone was able to use. He also pioneered a system in which employees of the company got dividends, essentially making them part-owners of the company. Sadly, when he was 77, he had spinal stenosis, which is a narrowing of the spinal canal. The pain for him was pretty big.

He decided to commit suicide by shooting himself in the heart. He left a short and simple note: "To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?"

[Advo]

Money cant buy u health or happiness, the perks of life.

[Advo]

D/p

[ElfRuler]

wow! It's human nature to dwell and try to extent our happiness. But the moment pain touches us. We just want to end it.

[Enemy_Of_Mad_Mullah]

just like van gogh, right in wadnaha

[zingii]

How big do your kohones have to be to just end it like that?

[IRONm@N]

money and fame can't buy you happyness, a soul deprived of spirituality (relation with its creator) will rather die than suffer.

[Rabshoole]

[KingBlack]

now thats a Kodak Moment

[Alphanumeric]

What a note.

Why bother, really. He accomplished what he wanted, lived into old age, and was faced with a terrible disease. Eff it.

From 1926 until his death, Eastman donated $22,050 per year to the American Eugenics Society.

-_-

*blegh*