Walter Frederick Morrison disc more cheaply. In 1955, he and Lu designed the Pluto Platter, the archetype of all modern flying discs. On January 23, 1957, they sold the rights for the Pluto Platter to the Wham-O toy company. Initially Wham-O continued to market the toy solely as the "Pluto Platter", but by June 1957 they also began using the name "Frisbee" after learning that college students in the Northeast were calling the Pluto Platter by that name. Morrison also invented several other products for Wham-O, but none were as successful as the Pluto Platter. Morrison and his wife, Lu Nay Morrison had
Walter "Junie" Morrison to London, England in the late 1980s and founded the Akashic record label. He wrote material recorded by Sounds of Blackness, Soul II Soul, and God's Property. Morrison produced other artists, including James Ingram, throughout the 1990s and continued to contribute to P-Funk albums, most recently in 1996. He released his most recent solo album, "When the City", on his own label Juniefunk in 2004. Morrison died on January 21, 2017, at the age of 62, in London. His death was reported the following month, but the details remained private. Walter "Junie" Morrison Walter "Junie" Morrison (1954 – January 21,