UF doc who invented Gatorade dies at 80 (AP)

Dr. Robert Cade, the lead inventor of Gatorade and a University of Florida professor, is shown in this Nov. 24, 1999 file photo in Gainesville, Fla. Cade, who invented the sports drink Gatorade and launched a multibillion-dollar industry that the beverage continues to dominate, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, of kidney failure. He was 80. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun)AP - Dr. J. Robert Cade, who invented the sports drink Gatorade and launched a multibillion-dollar industry that the beverage continues to dominate, died Tuesday of kidney failure. He was 80.

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