Inventor's name: Otis Boykin
Date of birth: not available
Date of death: 1982 in cause of heart failure
Invention: He invented and improved electrical resistors used in computers radios and televisions
Five Facts-He graduated from Fisk university. He made heart stimulators and died of heart attack. He made a burglar proof cash register. He smoked the marijuana to get some of his ideas.
Source: http://inventors.about.com/cs/famousinventors/ December 18, 2001.