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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Gaston Glock, the Austrian engineer who invented the Glock handgun, has died aged 94.

The Glock company said in a statement that its founder's life's work would "continue in his spirit".

The weapon has been used by armed forces, security personnel, gun owners and criminals around the world.

Its rise was cemented by American pop culture and appearances in Hollywood blockbusters including science-fiction action film The Matrix Reloaded.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

That's amazing, it never once occurred to me that Glock was still alive.

It would be like learning Beretta was still alive (but much less likely - founded in 1526 :)

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

I had a similar one a few years ago when I'd discovered that Henry Heimlich of manoeuvre fame was still alive. (I checked it again now and he'd died in 2016.)

[-] crazyCat@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

Didn’t he also need to be given the Heimlich maneuver to save his own life, super ironically?

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Is that ironic? Or just coincidence. Let's ask Alanis.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I was reading about this a few months ago. It blew my mind that the Heimlich maneuver didn't exist until the mid 70s. So, what, you just died before that? I guess the only "tool" we had was the ol "reach down their throat with your fingers and try to pull it out manually" technique.

Crazy.

[-] McDonaldIsVenom@lemmus.org -2 points 8 months ago

I got one as well, in counter strike (͡•_ ͡• )

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