Joan Anderson, the woman who introduced the hula hoop to the United States and gave it its iconic name, died last month at ...

Joan Anderson, who introduced the hula hoop to the US and named it, died at 101 on July 14, 2025, in Carlsbad, California.

At the Tribeca film festival, Anderson was at last given credit for her vision which sparked the Hula Hoop craze of the late ...