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There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

Colonel Sanders

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Colonel Sanders
Age: 90 †
Born: 1890
Born: September 9
Died: 1980
Died: December 16
Cook
Entrepreneur
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State of Alabama
Harland David Sanders
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