Founder of Popeyes chicken chain dies

AP via Lexington Herald-Leader ^ | March 24, 2008 | Mary Foster

[EveningStar]

Al Copeland, who became rich selling spicy fried chicken and notorious for his flamboyant lifestyle, died Sunday at a clinic near Munich, Germany. He was 64...

[Reagan79]

gotta love Popeyes

[TommyDale]

Tainted spinach again?

[Puppage]

notorious for his flamboyant lifestyle

Why did the chicken cross the Auto Bahn?

[dead]

He kicked the bucket.

[Army Air Corps]

Kraftwerk is scheduled to perform at his funeral.

[EveningStar]

Oops. I didn't see this other thread. Please lock or delete this one. Thanks.

[Squawk 8888]

Kind of ironic that the founder of a spicy-food chain would die from problems with the salivary glands.

[Puppage]

There’s something foul about this story.

[RosieCotton]

Popeye’s ping...

One of these days I’m gonna figure out how to get to the closest one here!

Mmmmm...Popeye’s...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

****Why did the chicken cross the Auto Bahn?****

To prove to Hermann Goring’s Racoons it could be done.

[capt. norm]

gotta love Popeyes

Roger that!

Just thinking about it has started the cravings that cause me to go there and pick up some chicken and , especially, red beans & rice.

I still make my red beans and rice the old-timey way (Monday in the South is red beans & rice day), but I like Popeye's far better.

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Worst case of food poisoning I ever had in my life came from a Popeye’s in Virginia. I wanted to die I was so sick.

[hosepipe]

[ Founder of Popeyes chicken chain dies ]

He was what he was.. -Popeye

[Bitsy]

One of these days I’m gonna figure out how to get to the closest one here!

Mmmmm...Popeye’s...

When he first started out and they were only in the New Orleans area, the chicken parts were huge, crispy and not as greasy as they are today. The other part of the great treat is the biscuit. It used to be almost twice the size and very buttery. Still deliciously tasty and greasy though. He sure knew how to live life and spend his money - very lavish lifestyle. He was definitely a rags to riches story. He had been sick with cancer for a little while now and the kind he had was very rare. No matter how much money you have, you go out the same as everybody else does. RIP

[Recovering Hermit]

...especially, red beans & rice.

Their Cajun Rice and Jambalaya are both awesome as well.

[mass55th]

I've had this graphic for years, just waiting for the right moment: