{"id":3930,"date":"2018-11-02T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/the-real-super-mario-dies-aged-84\/"},"modified":"2018-11-02T19:12:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T19:12:14","slug":"the-real-super-mario-dies-aged-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/the-real-super-mario-dies-aged-84\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The real Super Mario&#8217; dies aged 84"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Mario Segale\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/62B0\/production\/_104146252_mario.png\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Johnny R Russo \/ Nintendo<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Mario Segale, the man after whom video game hero Super Mario was named, has died aged 84.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Segale was a successful Italian-American property developer from the US state of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, he leased a warehouse to Nintendo of America who decided to name the star of their new video game after him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.seattletimes.nwsource.com\/archive\/?date=19930617&amp;slug=1706910\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">Mr Segale joked to the Seattle Times in 1993<\/a> that he was &#8220;still waiting for my royalty cheques&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Super Mario was originally called Jumpman until Nintendo decided it wanted to give the character a proper name.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/newsbeat-42900384\" class=\"story-body__link\">Super Mario film announced by Nintendo<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/technology-40269712\/e3-2017-voice-of-mario-on-game-s-comeback\" class=\"story-body__link\">Voice of Mario on game&#8217;s comeback<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marlattfuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/obituary-listings?obId=3395875#\/celebrationWall\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">According to his obituary,<\/a> Mr Segale &#8220;always ducked the notoriety and wanted to be known instead for what he accomplished in his life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He leaves behind his wife Donna, four children and nine grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>The Mario series is often cited as the most successful video games franchise of all time. <\/p>\n<p>The plumber&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-46072339\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Johnny R Russo \/ Nintendo Mario Segale, the man after whom video game hero Super Mario was named, has died aged 84. 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