Harland Sanders built Kentucky Fried Chicken into a success but sold it for just $2M, feeling sidelined as it grew into a global brand. He died in 1980.

He was given the honorary title “Kentucky Colonel” in 1935 by then-Gov. Ruby Laffoon for his culinary acumen, in particular his now-famous chicken, which he served at a road-side motel restaurant.

Colonel Sanders wasn't just a mascot in a white suit who made tasty fried chicken — he was a real person with serious flaws.

It's been more than 30 years since Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harland Sanders died. Now KFC wants to serve up the everyday stories that will preserve the colonel's rags-to-riches journey.

Most people are unaware that Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken was a real person. Harland Daniel Sanders, known as the face of the popular fried chicken company, was not only real, he was ...

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That wasn't Sanders' only quality-related lawsuit, either. Disappointed in parent company Heublein's direction for the company, Sanders also sued them in 1974 for inappropriate use of his image to ...

The founder and face of Kentucky Fried Chicken built a megachain (15,000 stores worldwide and counting) out of not much more than a pressure cooker and some seasoned flour.

George Hamilton Reprises His Role as Colonel Sanders: ... he had another side of his life and I can’t say it was darker. Let’s just say that he had seen some sunsets I hadn’t.

Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, in 1978, and Colonel Sanders from the game ‘I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator,’ made by New ...

"Every child in Japan knows Colonel Sanders' face and his uniform," Watanabe told The Associated Press through a translator. Sanders was named a "Kentucky colonel" by the state's governor in 1935 ...