An excellent burger, from an excellent man.

By Murph at January 8th 2002, 12:00 PM - 6 Comments I know today is not my day to update, but I felt I needed to in this time of distress. Fast food lovers around the world shed a tear for the man, the myth, Dave Thomas. Thomas died around midnight at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from cancer of the liver. Thomas had a carcinoid tumor, which is a slow growing cancer, for more than a decade. Thomas had quadruple heart bypass surgery in December 1996 and had gall-bladder surgery in July. "As long as it works, I'll continue to do the commercials," Dave said in a 1991 interview. "When it's not working any longer, then I'm history." You may remember Dave's horrible commercials that had the worst writers in history but, still remained cheesyly funny with good old Dave behind the spatula. Dave Thomas also created the cleverly titled "Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption", a non-profit organization focused on raising public awareness of adoption. The profits from his two books, "Dave's Way" and "Well Done!" go to the foundation. Dave was truly a man for his time, dedicated to quality and really, really, good spicey chicken sandwitches. But, we must not fret, for Dave has gone to a better place. Once again he can hang with the KFC Colonel just like old times. If you truly were a fan of Dave then you should do what I'm doing this afternoon. Delivering sypmathy cards to the managers of your local Wendy's. They will appreciate it, and maybe you'll get a free frosty coupon, but that's not the point. Dave Thomas, the name, the prophecy, lives on. Sleep well sweet child, you are now with the Lord.