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Richard Knerr, founder of the company that made the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, and other other successful toys like Slip 'N Slide, Silly String and Superball.
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Richard Knerr, the founder of the company that made the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, and other toys great successes, just died at age 82. He and his friend Arthur Melin started in business selling sling-shots. They soon sold boomerangs and cross-bows. In 1958 they heard about a hoop used to exercise in Australia and they turned the idea into the enormously popular Hula Hoop. Later they had other successful toys like Slip 'N Slide, Silly String and Superball.
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