Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

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He started the backpack company in 1967, while still in college, and went on to revolutionize the way students carry books.

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He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

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Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.