Carl Karcher Dies
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Carl Karcher, who parlayed a single hot dog pushcart into a chain of more than 1,000 fast-food restaurants bearing his name, died Friday. He was 90.
The affable, burly entrepreneur, known to millions as the jovial television pitchman for the Carl's Jr. chain, died of complications from Parkinson's-related pneumonia at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, according to Beth Mansfield, a spokeswoman for parent company CKE Restaurants.
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Karcher is survived by three sons, Carl Leo, Jerome and Joseph; eight daughters, Anne Marie Wiles, Barbara Wall, Catherine Karcher, Janelle Karcher, Margaret Jean Le Vecke, Patricia LaGraffe, Mary Miller and Rosemary Miller; 51 grandchildren; and 45 great-grandchildren. A ninth daughter, Carleen, died in 1993.
A public vigil service and rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday and a funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, both at St. Boniface Catholic Church. Karcher will be buried at 11 a.m. Jan. 19 at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange.
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