A statue of Colonel Sanders, with its white beard and white suit badly stained and deteriorating, was laid to rest after a rather peculiar life. In Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox went ...

Colonel Sanders—the man behind KFC's recipe— did not lose hope despite numerous rejections, and his perseverance eventually paid off. Today, KFC is not just a staple in the USA but also has a ...

Sanders was initially reluctant ... Since he'd closed his restaurant, the Colonel decided to dedicate himself fully to the franchising side project he'd started four years earlier.

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KFC's current ad campaign stars a cartoonish Colonel Sanders played by "Saturday Night Live" alumnus Darrell Hammond, but the fast-food icon was a real person who followed an unlikely path to ...