# Instant Noodles Inventor Passed Away

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-noodles-inventor-passed-away/387027>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-noodles-inventor-passed-away/387027 "2007-01-07T06:48:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-noodles-inventor-passed-away/387027/1 "2007-01-07T06:48:04Z")

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[Momofuku Ando](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momofuku_Ando), who invented the instant noodle, has [died at 96](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/06/national/a020530S81.DTL&hw=momofuku&sn=001&sc=1000).

[Here](http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php) is a tribute to him.

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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-noodles-inventor-passed-away/387027/2 "2007-01-07T06:52:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Monty]  
[Here](http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php) is a tribute to him.  
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And [here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403007) a link to the thread.

**Monty** , you’re a half a day in the future, you’re supposed to be the first with the news. You’re slacking. . .

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-noodles-inventor-passed-away/387027/3 "2007-01-07T07:50:56Z")

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Rotten Tardis. Mods, please send this thread to the past, the future, or just away. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-noodles-inventor-passed-away/387027/4 "2007-01-07T13:25:47Z")

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Given his dried up appearance which some allege is due to old age, I can’t help wondering if he could be revived, just put him in a plastic bathtub, heat up some water…