Walter Frederick Morrison three children. Lu died in 1987. There is a disc golf course in Holladay, Utah named in his honor. Morrison died in his home at the age of 90 on February 9, 2010. Walter Frederick Morrison Walter Frederick "Fred" Morrison (January 16, 1920 in Richfield, Utah – February 9, 2010 in Monroe, Utah) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, best known as the inventor of the Frisbee. Morrison claimed that the original idea for a flying disc toy came to him in 1937, while throwing a popcorn can lid with his girlfriend, Lu, whom he later married. The popcorn can
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