The Snapple Founder Dies At 80-Years-Old: He Was The Last Survivor Of The Three Men Who Created The Drink

The Snapple founder dies Thursday. Leaonard Marsh was the co-founder of the drink died at 80-years-old Thursday.

Marsh, the Snapple founder dies Tuesday at his home in Manhasset, N.Y., The New York Times reported Thursday.

The brother-in-law of Marsh, Hyman Golden, and childhood friend Arnold Greenberg were the other co-founders of the company that began in New York in 1972. The Snapple founder dies was a window washer at one point in his life before the creation of the drink. He later became the CEO of Snapple, according to CBS News.

The group started selling the natural fruit juices to health stores in Plano, Texas and expanded until it became what it is today. Snapple is sold across stores everywhere in the country and even outside of the U.S.

"We're saddened to learn of the passing of Mr. Marsh,'' Jim Trebilock, executive vice president of marketing for the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, said in a statement." He, along with his partners Arnold Greenberg and Hyman Golden, brought the best stuff on Earth to the masses. Today we tip our Snapple cap in his honor.''

Quaker Oats Co. bought Snapple for $1.7 billion in 1994. Marsh stayed on for several years after the acquisition as executive vice president for planning before he retired, according to CBS News.

Golden died in 2008 and Greenberg died last year.