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Colonel[a] Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC). He later acted as the company's brand ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company.
History of KFC. KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken) was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of restaurant franchising, and the first "Kentucky ...
The real Colonel -- Harland David Sanders -- was born on a farm on September 9, 1890 in Henryville, Indiana. He worked a variety of odd jobs as a conductor, a blacksmith, a salesman and a boat ...
Colonel Sanders was a key component of KFC advertising until his death in 1980. Despite his death, Sanders remains a key icon of the company as an "international symbol of hospitality". [116] Early official slogans for the company included "North America's Hospitality Dish" (from 1956) and "We fix Sunday dinner seven nights a week".
The restaurant is still in operation, and it will be up to the new owners to determine what will become of Claudia Sanders Dinner House, its trademarks and the Sanders family memorabilia, which ...
KFC is doubling down on Colonel Sanders, for the first time casting a black man to play the chicken chain's founder. Comedian David Alan Grier announced on Twitter that he has been cast as the ...
Claudia Sanders Dinner House is a restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States, opened by KFC founder Colonel Sanders and his wife, Claudia, in 1968. [1][2] Colonel Sanders opened the restaurant after he had grown unhappy with recipe changes at KFC after selling the company. The restaurant was subject to a lawsuit by the owners of KFC as ...
George Hamilton (actor) George Stevens Hamilton[1] (born August 12, 1939) [2] is an American actor. For his debut performance in Crime and Punishment U.S.A. (1959), Hamilton won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. He has received one additional BAFTA nomination and two Golden Globe nominations. [citation needed]