William Salice the brains behind the Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs hugely popular with children and big kids has died at 83.<br /><br /> He was undergoing treatment for a stroke in an Italian hospital when he passed away. <br /><br /> Goodbye to #WilliamSalice, thank you for having invented this delicacy ** #ovettoKinder #kindersurprise pic.twitter.com/BdBwkp4xRs— Marlène Adkins ❤ (@Mlaparisienne) December 30, 2016<br /><br /> He always denied he invented the product giving that honour to Michele Ferrero of the famed Ferrero food group.<br /><br /> RIP #williamsalice creator of Kinder Surprise. pic.twitter.com/O0zVldK2Ht— Matheus Mendonça (@CapMatheusAndor) December 30, 2016<br /><br /> Salice said “the inventor is Ferrero, I was just the material executor.”<br /><br /> After the sale of billions of eggs Salice invested his retirement money into the ‘Color Your Life Campus’ a foundation dedicated to help young people realise their potential.<br />
