Burger King Dies

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The founder of a major hamburger chain
has died.
Carl Karcher parlayed a $325 investment in a hot-dog cart into
the Carl's Jr. fast-food chain.
A spokeswoman for CKE Restaurants says Karcher suffered from
Parkinson's disease and was being treated for pneumonia when he
died at a hospital in Fullerton, California. He was 90.
Karcher bought his first pushcart hot dog stand in 1941. One
cart soon became four, and by the end of World War II Karcher had
opened his first restaurant, Carl's Drive-In barbecue, in Anaheim.
His rags to riches story 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.
Carl's Jr. -- now owned by CKE -- has more than 1,000 locations
across the West.

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