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Oscar Meyer dies at age 95 but the Weinermobile drives on...

July 9, 7:43 PMMinneapolis Cooking ExaminerRebecca Adams
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WEINERMOBILE - courtesy of Oscar Mayer website. 

Oscar G. Mayer, the grandson of the original Oscar Mayer and retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing,  company, has died at the age of 95.

And no, the Wienermobile was not be used at his funeral. Too much of a spectacle, per Mayer himself.

He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.

Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 and soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

More info at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_G._Mayer,_Jr.

 

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