Mario is celebrated as one of the most iconic figures in video game lore, but fans are only now unveiling the origins of the Italian plumber's name. Everyone who knows anything about gaming knows who ...

The real-life inspiration behind the name for Nintendo’s most famous video game character has died. He was 84. Mario Segale died on Oct. 27 surrounded by his family, according to his obituary. The son ...

Mario Segale, the namesake behind the famous mustachioed protagonist of Nintendo’s iconic video game franchise, has died at age 84. Segale was born in Seattle in 1934 as the only child to his parents ...

It's a sad day for Nintendo fans. Mario Segale, who served as the inspiration behind everyone's favorite video game plumber, Mario, died on Oct. 27 at the age of 84. Back in the 1970s when it was just ...

Mario A. Segale, a Seattle-area real estate developer who unwittingly lent his name to perhaps the most famous video game character in history — Nintendo’s Mario — died at a local hospital on Oct. 27.

Mario Segale, the man who inspired Nintendo’s peppy Italian plumber Mario in the Mario Bros. video game franchise, has died. He was 84. According to the Auburn Reporter, Segale died Saturday, Oct. 27, ...

Today, Mario Segale, a real estate developer in Washington has passed away at age 84. To some, that name may not ring a bell, but gaming historians know it well. Segale was the inspiration for the ...

Mario Segale, who inspired the plucky plumber Mario — one of the most recognizable characters in the world, let alone in video games — has died at age 84. Segale was Nintendo's landlord outside ...

The real-life inspiration behind the name for Nintendo’s most famous video game character died at the age of 84. Mario Segale died on Oct. 27 surrounded by his family, according to his obituary. The ...

Mario Segale, the Seattle real estate and construction business owner who inspired the name for Nintendo’s famous mascot, passed away on October 27 according to reports from The Seattle Times and The ...