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| Colonel Harland Sanders |
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Harland David Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders, born September 9, 1890 in Henryville, Indiana, died December 16, 1980 in Louisville, Kentucky, was an American entrepreneur who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). Sanders father died when Harland was five years and, since his mother worked, he was cooking for the family. He dropped out of school after the seventh grade. When his mother remarried, he ran away from home because his stepfather beat him. At age 16, he stated false date of birth, enlisted in the Army and was stationed in Cuba. He had a variety of jobs. At age 40, he started serving chicken dishes and other meals for customers who stopped at his service station in Corbin, Kentucky. Gradually, as his popularity grew, he moved to a motel and restaurant with seating for 142 people, where he worked as a chef. There, he developed his secret recipe. After the construction of Interstate 75, customer traffic to his restaurant was reduced. He then decided to expand the Kentucky Fried Chicken into a franchise.
