John Y. Brown Jr., a onetime owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken who parlayed his fast-food fortune into a dramatic rise in Kentucky politics, winning one term as governor shortly after marrying sportscaster and former Miss America Phyllis George, died Nov. 21 at a hospital in Lexington, Ky. He was 88. He had complications from COVID-19, […]
Ex-Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr., who bought Kentucky Fried Chicken chain and turned it into a fast-food juggernaut, married a Miss America and bought the Boston Celtics has died aged 88.