Baby Yoda aka Grogu aka The Child from the hit Star Wars: The Mandalorian series on Disney+ has been many things, from sneakers to adorable plush. However, he has never been a modern version of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Joseph Pedott, an entrepreneur who was the mastermind behind the 1980s products Chia Pet and the Clapper light switch, died June 22. He was 91. Pedott died at a hospital in San ...

One last clap for a business tycoon. Joseph Pedott — the marketing guru behind the Chia Pet plant sensation and its memorable TV jingle "ch-ch-ch-Chia!" — died on June 22 at the age of 91. Pedott is ...

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