Carl Karcher, 90, entrepreneur, who turned a single hot dog stand into a fast-food empire, inside one of his Carl's Jr. restaurants. File Photo
FULLERTON (Los Angeles Times), January 12, 2008:
Carl Karcher, who parlayed a single hot dog pushcart into a chain of more than 1,000 fast-food restaurants bearing his name, died Friday. He was 90.
The affable, burly entrepreneur, known to millions as the jovial television pitchman for the Carl's Jr. chain, died of complications from Parkinson's-related pneumonia at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, according to Beth Mansfield, a spokeswoman for parent company CKE Restaurants. By Eric Malnic
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