Talk:Dave Thomas (American businessman)
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[edit] <3
The four year anniversary of his death is coming up, wikipedia should honor him by giving him front page. Jan 8th 2006.
[edit] KFC bucket
Should there be some mention of how Thomas invented the rotating KFC bucket sign in the article?
[edit] Net worth
It would be useful to have a mention of what his net worth was. Wnissen 05:32, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Ads
- He had such presence in these ads that many believed he was a professional actor.
Can this be repenned in such a way that the weasel clause "many [people] believed" is changed? That or some citation.
[edit] Date of death
Someone changed it in the article to the 6th, but every site I've found has the 8th. Speaking of which, here are the sites (all of them are obits): http://www.shrinershq.org/whatsnewarch/archives02/davethomas1-02.html http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00628.html http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y02/m01/i09/s04 http://money.cnn.com/2002/01/08/companies/wendys_obit/
[edit] What about Wendy
Many biographies mention that the original Wendy was Thomas's daughter Melinda, but what became of her? Inquiring minds need to know. Ghosts&empties 11:00, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Some corrected info regarding his early years
The restuarant he bgan working at as a busboy/dishwasher (the Hobby House) was in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Also, he moved in with the owner's sister's family -- who was a waitress at the Hobby House (and my grandmother). He also met his wife at the Hobby House -- she was a waitress. Also, the Hobby House eventually closed and a Wendy's now sits on the very lot it occupied.
- Thanks for the info. I added it in.
- For those who'd like to add more to this article, The Biography Channel's page on him has plenty more info not given here. I already added some, but there are plenty more details at the following link:
- http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542110
- Cale 06:08, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
