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  2. Dec 14, 2001 · Thomas died at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the presence of a private physician. He had a carcinoid tumor in his liver for more than 10 years, the company said in a news release.

  3. Jan 8, 2002 · Dave Thomas, the company founder whose homespun ads built Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers into one of the world's most successful fast-food franchises, has died. He was 69. Thomas died...

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  5. Jan 9, 2002 · He died of liver cancer at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., according to the company he founded, Wendy's International. He had been undergoing kidney dialysis since early 2001 and had quadruple...

  6. Thomas had been afflicted with a carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor for a decade, before it metastasized to his liver. He died on January 8, 2002, in his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 69. Thomas was buried in Union Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.

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  7. Jan 8, 2002 · Jan. 8, 2002. Filed at 9:26 a.m. ET. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Dave Thomas, the portly pitchman whose homespun ads built Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers into one of the world's most successful...

  8. Jan 8, 2002 · Thomas died around midnight at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the company said. Thomas had been undergoing kidney dialysis since early 2001 and had quadruple heart bypass surgery in December...

  9. Wendy’s Founder Dave Thomas was born in New Jersey in 1932 and died in January 2002. Read his biography and the story of his legacy – from founding the first Wendy’s in Ohio in 1969 to establishing the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

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