BALTIMORE (AP) -- Frank Perdue, who transformed a backyard egg business into one of the nation's largest food companies and became a popular television pitchman for his brand of chickens, has died. He ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frank Perdue, the late CEO of Perdue Farms, poses inside a chicken coop in 1982.Kevin Fleming Perdue recalled over 160,000 pounds ...

SALISBURY, Md. -- Services were held here last week for Frank Perdue, the former chief executive officer of Perdue Farms who became well-known as the star of his company's TV commercials. He was 84, ...

He died Thursday after a brief illness, the company said Friday. He was 84. At the time of his death, Perdue was chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of Perdue Farms Inc., ...

BALTIMORE — Frank Perdue, who transformed a backyard egg business into one of the nation's largest food companies and became a popular television pitchman for his brand of chickens, has died. He was ...

SALISBURY, Md. Frank Perdue, who transformed a backyard egg business into one of the nation's largest poultry processors using the folksy commercial slogan, "It takes a tough man to make a tender ...

BALTIMORE -- Frank Perdue, who built one of the world's biggest chicken companies by appearing in TV commercials that seemed to play off his remarkable resemblance to the product he sold, has died at ...

BALTIMORE - With a beak-like nose, beady eyes and thin lips, Frank Perdue looked like he was born to sell chickens. It wasn't until he put his face on TV commercials, however, that his father's ...