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A few deaths in the food world.

Since I can't cook, but I love eating...I'm interested in chefs and founders of various restaurants.

There were a few deaths in the field. The founder of Popeye's Chicken, who was 64, passed away. His obit said that at an early age he started a donut shop that was successful. In 1966, a Kentucky Fried Chicken opened up near him, that was very successful. He tried a chicken place that flopped.

He got some Cajun recipes, revamped, and called it Popeyes...not because of the dude with the huge arms, but because he loved Popeye Doyle, as Gene Hackman played him in The French Connection. The chain took off.

I ate there once, but it wasn't my cup of tea. But, as Mike Myers said in the very funny "So I Married an Axe Murderer,"....KFC chefs put a drug in their chicken that makes ya crave it nightly.

The other death was a guy named Herb, who lived well into his 80s.

He owned a handful of McDonald's, and he created the Egg McMuffin. Now, in high school I worked there for over three years. And, I thought there was nothing grosser than those sandwiches, but people loved them.

My favorite thing about the Egg McMuffin, is that it helped make a funny bit hysterical. I believe it was on a National Lampoon album from the early 70s. Harry Shearer played a bass player (much like he would do a decade later in Spinal Tap). He was being interviewed by a fake Mr. Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers tells him he must get a lot of exercise, to be able to perform so well in concerts each night. Shearer, sounded stoned and half-asleep, says the wackiest things. When Mr. Rodgers says he must have a strict diet, he says, "I like Egg Ma-muffins." It was such a funny line, delivered perfectly.

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Since I can't cook, but I love eating...I'm interested in chefs and founders of various restaurants.

There were a few deaths in the field. The founder of Popeye's Chicken, who was 64, passed away. His obit said that at an early age he started a donut shop that was successful. In 1966, a Kentucky Fried Chicken opened up near him, that was very successful. He tried a chicken place that flopped.

He got some Cajun recipes, revamped, and called it Popeyes...not because of the dude with the huge arms, but because he loved Popeye Doyle, as Gene Hackman played him in The French Connection. The chain took off.

I ate there once, but it wasn't my cup of tea. But, as Mike Myers said in the very funny "So I Married an Axe Murderer,"....KFC chefs put a drug in their chicken that makes ya crave it nightly.

The other death was a guy named Herb, who lived well into his 80s.

He owned a handful of McDonald's, and he created the Egg McMuffin. Now, in high school I worked there for over three years. And, I thought there was nothing grosser than those sandwiches, but people loved them.

My favorite thing about the Egg McMuffin, is that it helped make a funny bit hysterical. I believe it was on a National Lampoon album from the early 70s. Harry Shearer played a bass player (much like he would do a decade later in Spinal Tap). He was being interviewed by a fake Mr. Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers tells him he must get a lot of exercise, to be able to perform so well in concerts each night. Shearer, sounded stoned and half-asleep, says the wackiest things. When Mr. Rodgers says he must have a strict diet, he says, "I like Egg Ma-muffins." It was such a funny line, delivered perfectly.

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