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Founder of Tricon Global dead at 80

March 15, 2006

Andrall E. Pearson, 80, founding chairman of the parent company of Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell, died Saturday after suffering a heart attack at his home in Palm Beach, Fla., the firm said Monday. He was 80.

Pearson was president of PepsiCo and became founding chairman of Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. when it spun off from PepsiCo in 1997. After the acquisition of Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Food Restaurants in 2002, Tricon changed its name to Yum Brands Inc.