Oscar Mayer dies at 95

[Lbelle]

Meat-processing exec Oscar Mayer dead at 95 - Consumer news- msnbc.com

MADISON, Wisconsin - Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95.

Mayer’s wife, Geraldine, said he died of old age Monday at Hospice Care in Fitchburg.

He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.
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Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

Mayer’s first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine Fitzpatrick in 1999.

[Ksandra]

D: at least for once it's someone who seemed to get to live his life to the fullest. I must eat a hotdog in his honor though.

[Plow]

Definitely going to buy some tomorrow to grill up in his honor.

Too bad he had to go, but it's nice to not be hearing about someone that missed out on half their life for once. He was a pretty good guy from what I've heard, too.

[kuronosan]

This is depressing. He made good b-o-l-o-g-n-a.

[Lbelle]

Like what others said, I'm glad he died from old age comfortably most likely in hospice care.

[guartz]

This post is bologna

[Minions]

I I'D LOVE TO BE AN OSCAR MAYER WIENER,
THAT IS WHAT I TRULY WANT TO BE,
CAUSE IF I WERE AN OSCAR MAYER WIENER,
EVERYONE WOULD BE IN LOVE WITH ME!

Seriously old commercials will never die!

[Andarvi]

I named my Dachshund after him, this saddens me.

I am so unoriginal.

[The Blackrose]

Geez, first the old Patrick Cudahy plant burns down two days ago (the fires are still going, last I checked), now Oscar Mayer dies. I guess he wasn't fleeing the scene after all.

[Brill Weave]

Is this technically another celebrity death lol?

[Kurp]

I hope the supply of mechanically separated chicken doesn't waver!

[Ikith]

BILLY MAYS HERE:

BUT WAIT THERES ONE MORE!

[Null]

My mom made me do a commercial for him as a kid. Made me the popular kid in school.
Called her and told her about this and shes like, "Who's Oscar Mayer?". I wanted to slap her through the phone.

[Fhqwghads]

My bologna has a first name
It's O-s-c-a-r
My bologna has a second name
It's M-a-y-e-r
Oh I love to eat it every day
And if you ask me why I'll saaaay
'Cause Oscar Mayer has a way
With b-o-l-o-g-n-a