Wendy's Loses Its Father

Today I found out that Dave Thomas, the founder and spokesman for Wendy's International, had passed away from liver cancer. What a great guy he was! The commercials I saw on TV weren't at all pretentious, which, from what I read, describes the man who founded the company.

I can still remember the "Where's the Beef?" set of commercials in 1980. What a riot!

He died extremely wealthy, according to a Forbes report.

I also loved that he supported adoption so much. He will be missed in the flesh, but I believe we'll still see him, perhaps in cartoon form, like "The Colonel" from KFC.