Edmund "Ted" Fuller, the man who created the Gregg's Restaurants we know today, died after a short illness Jan. 24 in North Palm Beach at the age of 86.
He will be remembered, not just for Gregg's famous Death by Chocolate Cake, but for extensive philanthropy and and for co-designing a technology system still used by restaurants.
He leaves his wife, Kristine Kelleher Fuller, who was a part of the business as well. Both were natives of Pawtucket. He retired in 2008.
If you don't recognize Fuller's name, it was because he never liked the limelight.
"He liked being behind the scenes," said Dale Venturini, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association. "He was a very special man. But he didn’t want kudos. He just did what he thought it was right to do as a person."