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[quote]Don Tyson, the Arkansas businessman who grew his family's company into one of the world's largest food processing and distribution operations, [URL="http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=125126.54928.137268&view=all"]died Wednesday morning[/URL]. He was 80.
Tyson, who was battling cancer, took over the family business as Tyson Foods' president and chairman from 1967 to 1991, a period that saw the company's massive expansion.
[IMG]http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/700973/1294339008578.JPEG[/IMG] April L. Brown, AP
Don Tyson, the former chairman of Tyson Foods, speaks with shareholders before the company's annual meeting in 2004. He died Wednesday at 80.
"Don's passing will be mourned by all who knew him, especially his family, his countless friends, and business leaders and associates in Arkansas, across the country and around the world," Tyson Foods CEO Donnie Smith [URL="http://www.tysonfoods.com/Media/News-Releases/2011/01/Don-Tyson--Former-Tyson-Foods-Chairman-and-CEO--Passes-Away.aspx"]said in a statement[/URL].
Surge Desk presents five facts about Tyson.
[B]He was Arkansas, born and bred[/B]
Tyson was born in Arkansas, and, aside from a stint in a Missouri military school, he was educated in the state's public schools and at the University of Arkansas.
[B]He never finished college[/B]
Tyson eventually dropped out of the University of Arkansas to join his father's growing poultry business. He received an honorary doctorate from the university in May 2010.
[B]He oversaw the company's rise[/B]
[URL="http://firstarkansasnews.net/2011/01/don-tyson-dies-of-cancer/"]The company grew[/URL] exponentially under Tyson's watch, with sales eventually rising from $1 million in 1952 to almost $8 billion in 2001, and became the largest international poultry producer.
[B]He was a hall of fame businessman[/B]
In 2000, Tyson was inducted into the [URL="http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/abhf/1350.asp"]Arkansas Business Hall of Fame[/URL].
[B]He wasn't all about chicken[/B]
Tyson was an avid fisherman and founder of the Billfish Foundation, an organization that advocates the catch and release of marlin and other billfish. He also served as a benefactor of the International Game Fish Association.[/quote]
Tyson chicken is the best, sad to see the founder die.
:saddowns: His boneless hot wings and honey glazed breaded strips are the best :crying:
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I knew this will happen.
He sold chicken foods.
He was involved in an organisation to do with fish.
I think we know what this is connected to.
[QUOTE=Ringo_Satu;27239394]Who?[/QUOTE]
Don't post just too say "who?", He owned a large company that supplied tons of poultry for the US
Tyson chicken is pretty good, yeah. But there are better brands IMO.
Anyways, Rest In Peace Mr.Tyson.
surprisingly, I've never heard of him.
Too bad Tyson is a big evil corporation nowadays, or maybe watching that documentary just brainwashed me.
I'm eating Tyson buffalo wings now, mmhmhm
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