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  1. Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC). He later acted as the company's brand ambassador and symbol.

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Colonel Sanders is best known for creating a fried chicken recipe that would launch the world's largest fast-food chicken chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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    • Sanders opened his first restaurant inside a gas station. Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain, in 1974. When Harland Sanders first began to serve meals to truck drivers at an old family dining room table wheeled into the front of his Corbin, Kentucky, service station in 1930, fried chicken was not on the menu because it took too long to prepare.
    • He wounded a business rival in a deadly shootout. The hotheaded Sanders never backed down from a fight, which served him well in the rough-and-tumble “Hell’s Half-Acre” neighborhood that surrounded his Shell Oil gas station.
    • Sanders served in the military but was an honorary colonel. Harland Sanders holding a bowl of his fried chicken batter, 1974. Sanders, who falsified his birth date in order to enlist in the U.S. Army in 1906, served in Cuba for several months before his honorable discharge.
    • The colonel delivered babies and practiced law before hitting it big in fast food. Sanders had an extremely varied résumé before finding success in the fried-chicken business in his 60s.
  3. Mar 10, 2023 · Learn how Colonel Sanders, the iconic face of KFC, overcame a hard childhood, multiple failures, and personal tragedies to become a successful entrepreneur and chef. Discover his secrets, his struggles, and his legacy in this comprehensive biography.

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  4. Learn about the life and legacy of Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC and the creator of the Original Recipe chicken. Discover how he perfected his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices, donned his iconic white suit, and became a global celebrity.

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  6. May 27, 2024 · Harland Sanders, also called Colonel Sanders, American business executive, a dapper self-styled Southern gentleman whose white hair, white goatee, white double-breasted suits, and black string ties became a trademark in countries worldwide for Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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