THE END OF OUR ERA – AT 4:47 P.M. ET:  From AP:

SALT LAKE CITY – Walter Fredrick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died. He was 90.

Utah House Rep. Kay McIff, an attorney who represented Morrison in a royalties case, says Morrison died at his home in Monroe, Utah, on Tuesday. McIff is from Richfield, Morrison's original hometown.

COMMENT:  He will be buried with full honors, including a Frisbee flyover. 

President Obama issued a statement praising Morrison, but apologizing to foreign countries for any citizens hit in the head by flying Frisbees.  "We inherited that problem," he said.

Al Gore praised Morrison for inventing something that "blocks the sun's rays and therefore helps fight global warming."  Gore then took his pills.

February 12,  2010