The creator of the iconic Lego doll died on Wednesday. Two people from the Danish company announced this on Twitter on Friday.
Jens Nygaard Knudsen turned 78. He worked for the toy company from 1968 to 2000. In the late 1970s, Lego applied for a patent for the yellow figure. In addition to that famous creation, Knudsen also devised the Lego Space product line.
“He leaves behind a wife, three children, two grandchildren and more than eight billion small plastic people, brought to life by the imagination of children,” writes a Lego designer on Twitter. “Thank you, Jens.”
The head of the design department posted a design drawing of the Lego doll and Knudsen’s photo on Twitter.
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