Instant noodle inventor Ando dies at 96

Instant noodle inventor Ando dies at 96

OSAKA, Japan - Momofuku Ando (L), the founder-chairman of Nissin Food Products Co., poses with the one millionth visitor to his ''Instant Noodle Museum'' in a photo taken in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in July 2006. Ando died of a heart failure on Jan. 5 at a hospital in Ikeda his family said. He was 96. Ando was widely known as the inventor of instant noodles.

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