Word is just reaching the rest of the nation that Arch West, the man credited with creating Doritos, died last week in Texas. He was 97, .
At a graveside service next Saturday, the newspaper adds, "his family plans to sprinkle Doritos." A daughter says they will be "tossing Doritos chips in before they put the dirt over the urn."
Since being , the Doritos line has expanded to — as of this moment — in the U.S. Look overseas, of course, and
Fans around the nation may wish to lift a chip in West's honor next weekend.
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