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Article: Johnnie Walker(R) Prepares to Celerate the 200th Birthday of Founder John Walker.
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- July 24, 2005
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The World's Best Selling Scotch Whisky Celebrates the Bicentennial of Its Founder With the Release of a Limited Edition, Cask Strength Blue Label(R)
NEW YORK, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- July 25, 2005 marks the 200th birthday of John Walker, the original Master Blender and founder of Johnnie Walker(R), the world's best selling brand of Scotch Whisky. Among the celebratory activities planned is the ultra-limited release of some of the rarest whisky the world has ever known.
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As a young man, Walker left his family farm in the Scottish Highlands to open a shop in nearby Kilmarnock. Walker ...