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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Hooters Chairman Robert Brooks Found Dead at 69
2006-07-17
Well, it does say Local at the top of this. Just thought some might be interested.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Robert Brooks, the chairman of Hooters of America, Inc. who made his fortune selling chicken wings served by scantily clad waitresses, was found dead at his home Sunday, officials said. He was 69. It was unclear how Brooks died, but the Horry County coroner's office told The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News that an autopsy would be performed Monday. Several calls to the coroner's office by The Associated Press were unanswered.

Chris Hardwick, owner of Hardwick Funeral Home of Loris, told the AP he was handling Brooks' funeral arrangements.

Since opening its first store in Clearwater, Florida, in 1983, the chain has expanded across the United States and into more than a dozen foreign countries ranging from Taiwan to Venezuela. Hooters has about 61 million annual visitors to its some 425 restaurants.

Brooks and a group of Atlanta investors bought expansion and franchise rights for the chain in 1984. He eventually bought majority control and became chairman. Brooks was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in 1996, according to the company's Web site.
Posted by:Sherry

#17  Okay, I have been to Hooters, but only for the rib specials.
Posted by: Anginens Threreng8133   2006-07-17 21:42  

#16  Hooters Chairman Titzup?
Posted by: flyover   2006-07-17 17:49  

#15  LOL!
Posted by: 6   2006-07-17 13:32  

#14  Since opening its first store in Clearwater, Florida, in 1983, the chain has expanded across the United States and into more than a dozen foreign countries ranging from Taiwan to Venezuela. Hooters has about 61 million annual visitors to its some 425 restaurants.

What a entrepeneur! And, here's to hopin' that Chavez chokes on a wing-bone! Gotta wonder how many of those "annual visitors" are repeat buyers, lol. Finally, Brett you remind me of a snafu my father in law had at a place similar to Hooters. He needed change, and when the (scantily clad) waitress came up, he asked her "Do you have 2 nipples for a dime?"
Posted by: BA   2006-07-17 13:19  

#13  Eron's Ken Lay and some other connected dude who croaked in London. Now this! Global warming!
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-07-17 11:52  

#12  May he breast in peace.
Posted by: Brett   2006-07-17 11:48  

#11  No doubt, died of blocked arteries. A lot of grease on an order of ten of those wings. that is what made them so good.
Posted by: Chulet Thruling5126   2006-07-17 10:48  

#10  Headline writers live for moments like this. Also, when I lived in Southern California, you could always depend on the guys announcing the current weather conditions on the radio to say "LA is sunny and 75 degrees, Anaheim is slightly overcast and 72, and Huntington Beach is enjoying 69..."
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2006-07-17 10:10  

#9  PallBearers?
Posted by: 6   2006-07-17 10:07  

#8   Chris Hardwick, owner of Hardwick Funeral Home of Loris, told the AP he was handling Brooks' funeral arrangements.

That pegs the Smirkometer :)
Posted by: mrp   2006-07-17 09:42  

#7  Scantily clad? Never seemed particularly "scanty" to me.

For some dead tree wannabe journalist intern doing obits in a burkka [of solidarity], it probably is.
Posted by: Thomoque Glaque5388   2006-07-17 08:44  

#6  Not to start a conspiracy theory, but I suspect foul play. I believe the answer may be found with someone named Bronsky.
Posted by: JerseyMike   2006-07-17 08:35  

#5  who made his fortune selling chicken wings served by scantily clad waitresses,

Scantily clad? Never seemed particularly "scanty" to me.
Posted by: eLarson   2006-07-17 08:28  

#4  So, he died at 69. Was she okay ?
Posted by: wxjames   2006-07-17 07:52  

#3  He died at 69? Stuck to his campaign gimmick even in death.
Posted by: Charles   2006-07-17 07:47  

#2  ...Right down the road from me, and I've got some good friends in Loris. Say this for him - he gave the people what they wanted.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-07-17 06:14  

#1  I heard that a Hooters was going to be set up in every Iranian city after the regime there disappears.
Posted by: gorb   2006-07-17 01:32  

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