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.
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 :)
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.)
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