If you know who is Mario Segale it is cool. If you don't know him it's really sad.Mario Segale, the Seattle-based businessman who was the inspiration behind the name of the lead character in Nintendo's cult classic, Super Mario, passed away in New York aged 84. The specific cause of his death was not released to the media.
Nintendo is believed to have hit upon the idea to use 'Mario' as the name for the lead character of its now-legendary franchise after Segale, who owned the property that housed the company's American arcade operation in the early '80s, barged into the Nintendo offices one day, asking them to pay the outstanding rent.
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