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Then, in March 2008, Popeyes founder Al Copeland, who had built the fried chickenâpeddling chain from a single unit into a global enterprise of some 800 units, died at the age of 64.
By Mary Foster, Associated Press Writer. NEW ORLEANS â Al Copeland, who became rich selling spicy fried chicken and became notorious for his flamboyant lifestyle, died Sunday at a clinic near Munich, Germany. He was 64. The founder of the Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken chain had been diagnosed shortly before Thanksgiving with a malignant salivary gland tumor. His death was announced by his spokeswoman, Kit Wohl. Copeland grew up in New Orleans and sold his car at age 18 for enough money to open a one-man doughnut shop.