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It’s a sad, familiar story- a lone genius spends years developing his ideas, only to be ripped off and bullied by the culture of greed in corporate America. Edward Howard Armstrong’s end was particularly tragic as his quest for justice caused his wife to leave him, compelling him to commit suicide.

Below is Armstrong in a picture with the world’s first beach boom box.

(Via Doomed Engineers)

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