Inventor of Super Glue Dies 4.52K Max Read 03/28/11 01:01AM Filed to: rip rip Super glue Obits and now he's dead Harry Wesley Coover, who (indirectly) saved the lamp your grandmother gave you by inventing Super Glue, died on Sunday at age 94. The adhesive came about, as all good inventions do, following a lab accident. [CNN]