McDonald’s Happy Meal inventor dies at 87

By Asher Notheis

Published September 8, 2021 8:30pm ET

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McDonald’s Happy Meal inventor dies at 87 — A Happy Meal featuring non-fat chocolate milk and a cheeseburger with fries, are arranged for a photo at a McDonald's restaurant in Brandon, Miss., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. | (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

The inventor of McDonald’s famous Happy Meal died on Monday at the age of 87.

Yolanda Fernandez de Cofino, the former owner of Guatemala’s first McDonald’s, came up with the idea of a children’s meal in the mid-1970s, creating the “Ronald Menu” that would eventually become known as the Happy Meal, according to Newsweek.

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