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Title: Murray Handwerker, 89, Dies
Post by: CG6468 on May 16, 2011, 12:40:16 PM

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Murray Handwerker, 89, Dies; Made Nathan’s More Famous
By REED ABELSON
Published: May 15, 2011

Murray Handwerker, who transformed his father’s Brooklyn hot dog business, Nathan’s Famous, into a celebrated national fast-food chain, died Saturday at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 89.

His son William confirmed his death.

Nathan’s Famous, at Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Coney Island, was opened by Mr. Handwerker’s father and mother in 1916 and soon became an American legend, its name virtually synonymous with hot dogs. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt served Nathan’s hot dogs to the king and queen of England.

I like Nathan's hot dogs!

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Title: Re: Murray Handwerker, 89, Dies
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on May 17, 2011, 08:55:00 AM

I love those Nathan's dogs.  You will be missed, RIP Murray!