Frisbee pioneeer's ashes to be made into 'memorial discs' By ANDREW QUINN Reuters News Service SAN FRANCISCO - "Steady" Ed Headrick, the California inventor who figured out a way to make the Frisbee fly fast and straight, has died at the age of 78. His family said his ashes will be made into Frisbees. Headrick died in his sleep early Monday at his home in La Selva Beach, California, his son Ken told the Santa Cruz Sentinel Tuesday. While no services are now planned, Headrick's ashes will be molded into a limited number of "memorial flying discs" which will be distributed to family and friends, and sold to help fund a future Frisbee/disc golf history and memorabilia museum, his son, Ken Headrick, said. click for entire article ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: hey, at least they didn't freeze him!
If I had to be immortalized in plastic form, I think I'd like to be the Rocket's Powerdancer's pom-poms. Go Rockets!
What's tragic is that someone is given credit for "inventing" the frisbee... seems strange. Like... "I invented the plate".
