He is killed when Cuffy Meigs (see below) drunkenly overloads the circuits of Project X, causing it to destroy itself and every structure and living thing in a 100-mile radius.
hiː ɪz kˈɪld wɛn kˈʌfi mˈeɪɡz sˈiː bᵻlˌoʊ dɹˈʌŋkənli ˌoʊvɚlˈoʊdz ðə sˈɜːkɪts ʌv pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt ˈɛks, kˈɔːzɪŋ ɪt tə dᵻstɹˈɔɪ ɪtsˈɛlf ænd ˈɛvɹi stɹˈʌktʃɚ ænd lˈɪvɪŋ θˈɪŋ ɪn ɐ wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪdmˈaɪl ɹˈeɪdɪəs.