Mario Seagull, the man who named the video game "Super Mario" in his name, died at the age of 84 years.
And an American-American entrepreneur who has been successful in Washington's real estate sector.
In the 1980s, Mario Siegel rented a store for Nintendo of America, which decided to name its famous video game champion.
"I still wait for intellectual property royalties," Mario commented in the 1993 Seattle Times.
The original name of the Super Mario game was "Gump Man" until Nintendo decided to release the name of someone on her famous game.