Mr. Toilet Dead

Sorry, this news is two weeks old. I just heard about it: Clean loo campaigner dies.

A South Korean who built a toilet-shaped home to publicise his drive to improve worldwide sanitation died on Wednesday aged 69, officials of his organisation said.

Sim Jae-Duck was pronounced dead in a Seoul hospital after being moved from what is billed as the world's only toilet house in his native city of Suweon south of the capital.

"He had been suffering from prostate cancer since he began a campaign to launch his World Toilet Association in 2007," association spokesperson Shon Seong-Jin said.

"But he continued his campaign until his death."

Sim was born in a restroom - in line with then-traditional beliefs that this would bring good luck - and once said he planned to die in the $1,6-million toilet house he designed.

The 419-square-metre concrete and glass structure was named Haewoojae meaning "a place of sanctuary where one can solve one's worries."

Image source: Toilet-Shaped House.

(via Metafilter)