COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Jens Nygaard Knudsen, who designed the iconic Lego minifigure with interchangeable legs and torsos, has died while in hospice care from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), his ...

In 2018, the LEGO Minifigure celebrated 40 years of existence after Knudsen anthropomorphized the toy for the brick world in 1978.