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OT: Co-Founder of Wham-O Inc., the Maker of the Hula Hoop and Frisbee Dies

From LATimes.com:Knerr died Monday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia after suffering a stroke earlier in the day at his Arcadia home, said his wife, Dorothy. With his boyhood best friend, Arthur "Spud" Melin, Knerr started the company in 1948 in Pasadena. They named the enterprise Wham-O for the sound that their first product, a slingshot, made when it hit... more »

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