Recently Dead

Glendale, California, ice cream shop proprietor, Irvine Robbins, who teamed up in 1948 with his ice cream shop proprietor brother-in-law, Burton Baskin, to open an ice cream factory and franchise their stores, died Monday after a long illness at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. He was 90. The Baskin-Robbins shops boasted 31 flavors but in fact they created over 1,000 flavs over the years, including Pink Bubblegum and Here Comes the Fudge. United Fruit Co bought the chain in 1967; Dunkin' Brands Inc now owns it, operating more than 5,800 franchises around the world. (Source)

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