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Article: Wendy's Founder Dave Thomas Dies at Age 69.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- January 9, 2002
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By Ameet Sachdev, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 9--Dave Thomas will be remembered by many as a folksy hamburger pitchman yet the legacy of the Wendy's founder can already be found in the kitchens and on the menu boards of rivals McDonald's and Burger King.
Thomas, 69, died Tuesday morning of liver cancer at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. His achievements in menu innovation and food quality helped build Wendy's into the nation's No. 3 hamburger chain.
Thomas was also one of the few corporate chairmen to become a household name, much like Lee Iacocca and Colonel Sanders. The smiling, bespectacled Thomas, always ...