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Topic	Mario has passed away
captpackrat 11/04/18 11:16:04 AM #1:	Mario Segale, who was the namesake for Nintendo's Mario, passed away October 27th at age 84. Nintendo began renting one of Segale's Tukwila warehouses in 1981 for use as their American headquarters. During development of an arcade title that would become Donkey Kong, Segale visited the warehouse to collect overdue rent from Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa and berated him in front of employees. According to a widely circulated story, Arakawa and the other developers subsequently immortalized Segale by renaming the star of Donkey Kong, previously known as "Jumpman", to "Mario". https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/obituaries/mario-segale-dies-super-mario.html <cite>captpackrat posted [p:911788815] in Mario has ... [t:77169436]...</cite> <quote>Mario Segale, who was the namesake for Nintendo's Mario, passed away October 27th at age 84. Nintendo began renting one of Segale's Tukwila warehouses in 1981 for use as their American headquarters. During development of an arcade title that would become Donkey Kong, Segale visited the warehouse to collect overdue rent from Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa and berated him in front of employees. According to a widely circulated story, Arakawa and the other developers subsequently immortalized Segale by renaming the star of Donkey Kong, previously known as "Jumpman", to "Mario". https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/obituaries/mario-segale-dies-super-mario.html</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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