Colonel Sanders

"Colonel" Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 December 16, 1980) was an American entrepreneur. He started the company Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Sanders in c. 1974

Sanders was born in Henryville, Indiana[1] on September 9, 1890. He studied at Southern University. He was married to Josephine King until they divorced. He later married Claudia Price. Sanders had 3 children. Sanders died at age 90 on December 16, 1980 in Louisville, Kentucky from leukemia and pneumonia.

References

  1. The Human Tradition in the New South By James C. Klotter 130

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