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John Young Brown Jr. (December 28, 1933 – November 22, 2022) was an American politician and entrepreneur from Kentucky. He served as the 55th governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, and built Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) into a multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
Il y a 1 jour · October 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM. A screenshot from the recent trailer for “John Y. Brown: The Most Interesting Man You’ve Never Heard Of.” (Shane Dax Taylor) The late Kentucky governor John Y ...
25 nov. 2022 · John Y. Brown Jr., a born salesman who became a multimillionaire by transforming Kentucky Fried Chicken into a global brand and then sold himself to voters in a six-week TV blitz to become ...
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Brown’s 1979 campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor destroyed the notion that candidates had to invest years of painstaking preparation before seeking the office. He demonstrated that a quick thrust, built on modern campaign techniques, could overwhelm organizational politics. His upstart campaign relied on a blend of personality and p...
A native of Lexington, John Young Brown Jr. was born Dec. 28, 1933, to John Y. Brown Sr., a prominent trial lawyer and politician and Dorothy Inman Brown, who is also deceased. The elder Brown’s inability to win major office helped shape his son’s career. Brown Sr. ran numerous races for the Senate and for governor — always unsuccessfully, although...
Brown argued that a governor who had to stay at his desk had not done a good job in choosing staff. “I see the governor’s role as that of chief executive, the maker of policy, and manager of finances,” he said in a 1981 interview. “Government is a service business, but still a business. The key is getting good people, and we’ve gotten them.” His ca...
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22 nov. 2022 · John Y. Brown Jr., Former Kentucky Governor and KFC Owner, Dies at 88. Brown had owned three professional basketball teams, including the Boston Celtics.
22 nov. 2022 · John Y. Brown Jr., the former Democratic governor of Kentucky, has died at age 88. Brown will perhaps be remembered best as a restaurant magnate who built Kentucky Fried Chicken into a global...
24 nov. 2022 · John Y. Brown Jr., a onetime owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken who parlayed his fast-food fortune into a dramatic rise in Kentucky politics, winning one term as governor shortly after marrying...
