Lovie Yancey
Lovie Yancey | |
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Born | Lovie Louise Yancey January 3, 1912 Bastrop, Texas, U.S. |
Died | January 26, 2008 | (aged 96)
Occupation | Restaurateur |
Years active | 1940–2008 |
Known for | Founder of Fatburger |
Children | 1 |
Lovie Yancey (January 3, 1912 – January 26, 2008) was an American business entrepreneur and founder of the
Founding of Fatburger
Yancey originally owned a small restaurant in
Yancey sold her Fatburger company to an investment group in 1990, but retained control of the original property on Western Avenue. There are now many Fatburger locations worldwide that are, "following Yancey’s original business model and theme." She established a $1.7-million endowment at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte in 1986 for research into sickle-cell anemia. This was in fulfillment of a promise to her 22-year-old grandson, Duran Farrell, who had died of the disease three years earlier.
Death
On January 26, 2008, Yancey died at the age of ninety-six of pneumonia at the Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. In addition to her daughter, Yancey was survived by three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.[2]
References
- ^ "Lovie Yancey: The Black Woman Who Created The World-Renowned Fatburger". Travel Noire. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Fatburger founder expanded South L.A. eatery into chain". Los Angeles Times. 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2020-11-16.