Jens Nygaard Knudsen, the designer best known for creating the iconic Lego minifigure, has died last week at the age of 78 after suffering from the nerve cell disease ALS. Knudsen worked for Lego in ...

Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has written about entertainment and breaking news for over five years. Jens Nygaard Knudsen, the designer who put a face — and body ...

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Their numbers have reached 7.8 billion if not more, roughly the population of the Earth. Their ranks include police officers and firefighters, pirates and knights, astronauts and elephant keepers.