Momofuku Ando, the Taiwanese-Japanese creator of instant noodles and cup noodles, died of heart failure in 2007 at the age of 96 1592.
Ando naturalised as a Japanese citizen by marriage in 1966. His Taiwanese given name is pronounced "Momofuku," while his Japanese wife's surname is Ando. Ando died of heart failure on January 5, 2007, at the age of 96, in a hospital in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture. Ando left behind his wife Masako, two boys, and a daughter. Ando said that playing golf and eating Chicken ramen practically every day was the key to his long life. He was claimed to have lived on instant ramen till his death.
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