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• Gaston Lenôtre, Who Built a Culinary Brand, Is Dead at 88

  Mr. Lenôtre was the founder of the restaurant, catering, retail and cooking school empire of the same name, and rejuvenated pastry making in the early 1960s. Read More... Posted Jan 08 2009, 11:17 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, France, Bakeries and Baked Products, Deaths (Obituaries), Pastries

• Rocky Aoki, Created Benihana Chain, Is Dead at 69

  Mr. Aoki founded the theatrical Benihana chain of steakhouses, where Japanese chefs with flashing knives double as performers. Read More... Posted Jul 11 2008, 10:23 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Deaths (Obituaries), Benihana Incorporated|BNHN,BNHNA|NASDAQ, Aoki, Rocky

• Wilber Hardee Dies at 89; Founded Restaurants

  Mr. Hardee was a farm boy turned grill cook who went on to open the first Hardee’s hamburger stand in 1960, starting a chain that now has nearly 2,000 restaurants. Read More... Posted Jun 25 2008, 11:57 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Deaths (Obituaries), Fast Food Industry, Hardee, Wilber, Franchises, Hardee’s, CKE Restaurants Incorporated|CKR|NYSE

• Frank Shattuck II, Who Helped Guide Schrafft’s, Dies at 89

  Mr. Shattuck was the last president of the company that owned Schrafft’s restaurants, a New York City-based chain that offered home-style food in genteel surroundings. Read More... Posted May 30 2008, 11:58 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, New York City, Deaths (Obituaries), Schrafft's, Shattuck, Frank G II

• Paul Haeberlin, 3-Star Chef, Dies at 84

  Mr. Haeberlin’s innovative spin on classical French cuisine helped transform his family’s modest restaurant on the Ill River in Alsace into a culinary powerhouse. Read More... Posted May 13 2008, 08:44 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, France, Deaths (Obituaries), Haeberlin, Paul

• Al Copeland, a Restaurateur Known for Spice and Speed, Dies at 64

  Mr. Copeland made a fortune with the fried-chicken restaurant chain he started, Popeyes. Read More... Posted Mar 24 2008, 09:54 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Deaths (Obituaries), Copeland, Al