Carl's Jr. Founder Carl Karcher dies at 90

Carl Karcher, the Ohio farm boy with an eighth-grade education who turned his $326 investment in a hot dog stand into a multimillion-dollar fast food empire, died Friday afternoon. He was 90.Karcher, who suffered from both the aftereffects of a stroke and Parkinson’s disease, developed pneumonia New Year’s Day and was admitted to St. Jude’s Medical Center, where he slowly declined.He leaves behind a legacy as an innovator in the fast-food industry, using his Carl Jr.'s restaurants to introduce new concepts such as salad bars, self-service beverage stations, one-of-a-kind products like the Western Bacon Cheeseburger, indoor dining rooms, and the practice of bringing food to customers' tables.

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