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Taco Bell founder dead at 86 (and seven other recent fast-food mogul deaths)

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Nacho tacos from Taco Bell (Photo by Steven Depolo)

Taco Bell founder Glen Bell Jr. died on Sunday night at his home in Rancho Santa Fe at the age of 86, according to a press release sent out by the company. Bell created the Tex-Mex chain in 1962 in California, selling it to PepsiCo in 1978, meaning he’s not to blame for the creation of the Taco Bell Chihuahua or the Taco Bell Drive-Thru Diet viral marketing disaster.

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