DeLorean dies

CNN.com:

John DeLorean, developer of a futuristic sportscar that captured the country's attention in the 1980s, has died. He was 80. DeLorean died Saturday at the Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, from complications from a stroke, said Paul Connell, owner of Desmond and Sons funeral home in Michigan.

No word yet on what effect his death will have on attempts to travel through time.