DirectX creator dies aged 55.

[laIn]

He apparently dropped a monitor on his foot, broke it, and developed an addiction to pain killers when taking them for the pain and killed his liver.

DirectX creator dies aged 55, leaving behind a game-changing legacy

DirectX creator Eric Engstrom has sadly passed away at the age of 55, following a career which helped to shape the gaming industry as we know it.

developer-tech.com

 

[deusExMachina]

That's a real crazy way to die, but then again I hear that in the US it's difficult to quickly get access to a decent doctor. So people tend to consume many over the counter drugs.