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Bill Post, Army veteran who helped create the on-the-go breakfast as an inventor of Pop-Tarts, leading the Michigan baking team that developed an unpretentious, toaster-friendly pastry with a fruity filling and ineffable space-age sweetness, died Feb. 10. He was 96.
Bill Post, the beloved creator of Pop-Tarts, has passed away at 96, leaving behind a legacy of delicious breakfast memories and cherished childhood moments.
The Michigan man helped create the first toaster pastry for the former Hekman Biscuit Company, which later became Keebler, in the early 1960s. Pop-Tarts, originally called a “Fruit Scone,” came