Edwin Shoemaker
This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie replaced the difficulty, made major changes to the clue, and made minor changes to the explanation provided by Steve.
publication date: Friday, August 30, 2019 (part of Summer 2019)
category: 
Inventions
clue: Live by the sword, die by the sword. Or in this inventor's case, the comfortable chair.
explanation: Shoemaker invented the La-Z-Boy recliner. About 70 years later, he died in one. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Matthew Preston
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