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Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. However, his most famous offspring happens to work in the football industry. Arthur (Spud) Melin: born 1924; died, June 2002, Michael Loftus obituary: The only Mayo man to have been GAA president, Mary Quant obituary: Fashion revolutionary who injected excitement, fun and vulgarity into clothing, Noel Hanna obituary: Adventurer who scaled Mount Everest 10 times, Mark Stewart, Pop Group frontman and revered post-punk pioneer, has died aged 62, Barry Humphries obituary: Outrageous caricatures Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson took the one-man show to new heights, Ammi Burke returns to High Court for hearing on claim of unfair dismissal from law firm, Fintan OToole: Honouring this fanatical racist by naming clubs after him shames our GAA, This has been a game-changer for me: how a room in the garden can transform your family life, Luxembourg landlord Marc Godart sublet Mountjoy Square property for decade, despite having lease for just two years, Prize bonds - could it be you? In the 1960s they produced a US$119 do-it-yourself bomb shelter cover. Increasingly, kids were turning less to outdoor play and more toward higher-priced electronic offerings, which meant bigger profit margins for companies. The companys name, Wham-O, came from the sound the slingshots supposedly made. A full body orgasm at the L.A. Phil? Arthur Knerr spent his final hours in Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, Calif., after suffering a stroke earlier in the day at his home. With his business partner, Richard Rich Knerr, he successfully marketed the Frisbee, as well as several other joyful additions to human silliness, such as the Hula Hoop, the Slip N Slide and Silly Putty. Smith has 10 children, including a daughter who works as a film producer. Wham-O co-founders Arthur Melin (left) and Richard Knerr try out their toy company's Hula Hoop, a plastic version of a rattan hoop popular in Australia. Drag images here or select from your computer for Arthur Kelso Spud Melin memorial. Services are being planned in Newport Beach on Tuesday. Following the Hula Hoop, Wham-O continued to produce a steady stream of wacky and beloved novelty items, including the Superball, Water Wiggle, Silly String, Slip n Slide and the Hacky Sack. See the article in its original context from. Search above to list available cemeteries. COSTA MESA, Calif. Arthur "Spud" Melin, co-founder of the toy company that introduced the world to the Frisbee, Hula Hoop and other faddish gems of American pop culture, has died. All rights reserved. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. The technology allowed them to dream up all sorts of packaged nonsense. Were it not for a chemist and a former World War II spy, things might have stopped being fun. All rights reserved. Articles with the HISTORY.com Editors byline have been written or edited by the HISTORY.com editors, including Amanda Onion, Missy Sullivan and Matt Mullen. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. The panel were stumped by the chief painter at the White House. Richard Knerr, co-founder of the company responsible for turning the Hula Hoop, Frisbee and many other ingenious creations into iconic toys died Monday at age 82. In an era dominated by toymakers who had been around for decades, Wham-O innovated or acquired revolutionary ideas: the Frisbee, Slip N Slide, Super Ball, Silly String, and dozens of novelty items, all bearing their unique brand aesthetic. Their Air Blaster could blow out a candle at 25 feet. They branched into other sporting goods, including pellet guns, crossbows and daggers.