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Business and the Economy

Looking for a Colonel of Truth

Kentucky Fried Chicken is looking for your Colonel Sanders stories. Photos, videos, and anecdotes - all relating to KFC's iconic founder - will be collected at ColonelSanders.com. Friends and family say there's more to the colonel the famous image that's printed on KFC restaurant signs and chicken buckets across the world. The goateed entrepreneur was born in 1890 and went from rags to riches, founding the world's largest chicken restaurant chain. Now the company is eager to introduce him to a new generation.

 

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