Inventor of Frisbee dies at 90:
Walter Fredrick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died. He was 90.
Morrison's son, Walt, told The Associated Press on Thursday that "old age caught up" with his father and that he also had cancer.
The cause of death, thus, is unknown, but I've heard speculation he got stuck in a tree.
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