Carl's Jr. Founder Carl Karcher Dies at 90

[The Straight Story]

Carl's Jr. Founder Carl Karcher Dies at 90
Written by Jason Kobely, Internet News Producer

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Carl Karcher, the founder of the Carl's Jr. fast-food chain, died at a Fullerton hospital Friday, five days before what would have been his 91st birthday.

KE Restaurants spokeswoman Beth Mansfield said Karcher died at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton. She said Karcher suffered from Parkinson's disease and was being treated for
pneumonia when he died.

Karcher, a deeply religious father of 12, was famous in the fast-food industry for his rags-to-riches story, parlaying a $325 investment in a hot-dog cart into one of the largest hamburger
chains in the West.

The tale was tainted in later years by an insider trading scandal and feuds with his board of directors that led to his eventual demise as chief executive officer.

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[TwilightGardener]

1. Carl's Jr. burgers are horsemeat crap.

[LibraLiz1973]

2. In high school I ate more Carl's Jr than anything else.

I loved the fried zucchini with ranch sauce and I lived for the salad bar

[truthpusher]

3. He was my uncle on my grandmas side....

I just saw his 6 mos. ago at a funeral.... he had the strongest handshake I ever felt? and he was 90 and using a walker at the time.

[OregonBlue]

4. I hate their ads. They are disgustingly cynical and mean-spirited.

[msongs]

5. carl kartcher was a big time hard core right winger & gay basher

and earned the nickname KKKarl for his promotion of various right winger causes like firing all gays working in schools and the like.

plus his hamburgers are made from cow corpses among other ingredients.

Msongs

[ironflange]

6. Wow, he made it to 90

He obviously didn't eat his own offerings on a regular basis.