Mario Segale, the man who inspired iconic Nintendo character Super Mario, has died at the age of 84.
The Italian-American property developer from the US state of Washington died on October 27 surrounded by friends and family, Mirror reports.
Mr Segale, from the US state of Washington, passed away on October 27 surrounded by friends and family.
According to reports, his Obituary said that Mr Segale “always ducked the notoriety and wanted to be known instead for what he accomplished in his life”.
He is survived by his wife, Donna, four children and nine grandchildren.
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In the 1980s, he leased a warehouse to Nintendo of America who decided to name the star of their new video game after him. Mr Segale joked to the Seattle Times in 1993 that he was “still waiting for my royalty cheques”.
Super Mario was originally called Jumpman until Nintendo decided it wanted to give the character a proper name. Mr Segale said it was Minoru Arakawa, who had been tasked with setting up Nintendo of America, who told him the video game hero carried his name.
The Mario series is often cited as the most successful video games franchise of all time. The plumber’s latest adventure, Super Mario Odyssey, is currently the best-selling game on the new Nintendo Switch console and has sold more than 12 million copies.
