Popeyes Fried Chicken Founder Dies, Remain Calm

 I'm calling for peace, not a piece, I want you all to remain strong, don't do anything irrational, this is not the end of fried chicken, its just the end of the man who made it spicy.

Inspired by KFC's success, Copeland in 1971 used his doughnut profits to open a restaurant, Chicken on the Run. ("So fast you get your chicken before you get your change.") After six months, Chicken on the Run was short of the break-even point. In a last-ditch effort in the chicken business, he chose a spicier Louisiana Cajun-style recipe and reopened the restaurant under the name Popeye's Mighty Good Fried Chicken, after Popeye Doyle, Gene Hackman's character in the film "The French Connection." The chain that grew from the one restaurant became Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken.