Frisbee inventor Walter Frederick Morrison dies aged 90

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Mr Morrison used the 1950s' space-age craze to market the Pluto Platter

Mr Morrison used the 1950s' space-age craze to market the Pluto Platter
The man who invented the Frisbee, one of the world's most popular toys, has died at his home in Utah aged 90.

Walter Frederick Morrison conceived and developed his aerodynamic plastic disc in the 1950s, and hundreds of millions have been sold worldwide since.

Frisbee historian Phil Kennedy said Mr Morrison and his future wife, Lu, got the idea from playing with a metal cake pan on the beach in California.

He originally called his toy the Pluto Platter and sold it at local fairs.

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