The inventor of the Pringles can was buried in one
Fredric Baur was so proud of the Pringles can he designed that he asked his family to bury part of him inside one!
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Last updated: February 2, 2026 at 06:09 AMFredric Baur was so proud of the Pringles can he designed that he asked his family to bury part of him inside one!
Most people take their secrets to the grave, but Fredric Baur took his greatest invention with him. He was the chemist who designed the famous tall, round Pringles can, and he loved his creation so much that it became his final resting place.
Back in the 1960s, Fredric Baur came up with the idea for the curved chips and the sturdy tube that keeps them from breaking. Before Pringles, bags of chips were often full of crumbs. Baur’s can was a big deal because it kept every chip perfect. He was so proud of this design that he told his children he wanted to be buried in a Pringles can.
When Baur passed away in 2008 at the age of 89, his family remembered his unusual request. On the way to the funeral home, his children stopped at a grocery store to buy the burial container. They debated which flavor to use but eventually decided on the most famous one: Original.
They placed a portion of his cremated remains inside the red can and buried it with him in his grave. While it might sound funny to some, for his family, it was a way to honor the man who changed the way the world eats snacks. He spent his life protecting chips from breaking, and in the end, his invention protected him.
Fredric Baur, the man who designed the Pringles tube, was buried in one. After he died, his family put his ashes in an Original flavored can as a tribute to his famous work. It’s a true story about a creator who stayed loyal to his invention until the very end.