The Sanders lived in Mississauga for part of the year until his 1980 death in Louisville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n
Sanders was 75 at the time and already a millionaire, having sold off most of his franchises to a group of U.S. investors a year prior, but he retained franchising rights and stayed on as the trademark and quality controller.<\/p>\n
Sanders himself originally hailed from Indiana, and while he first sold his fried chicken at a roadside restaurant in Kentucky during the Great Depression \u2014 during which time Governor Rub Lafooon bestowed him with the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel \u2014 the first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened in 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah. A store remains there to this day. (The original franchisee<\/a> was also the first to use Sanders\u2019 likeness in branding, created the \u201cfinger lickin\u2019 good\u201d catchphrase and was the first to introduce the cardboard bucket of chicken.)<\/p>\n Sanders later abandoned his own restaurant and started travelling the U.S., franchising his \u201cOriginal Recipe\u201d to restaurateurs and turning it into the largest fast-food chain in the U.S. at one point.<\/p>\n Upon his relocation to Canada, Sanders turned to Toronto lawyer Terrence Donnelly, whom he\u2019d met at the CNE Food Pavilion during an earlier visit, to assist in expansion. Donnelly became his counsel, sat on Sanders\u2019 board of directors and eventually became the head of the Harland Sanders Charitable Organization, a registered Canadian charity that has donated millions to health care initiatives and carries on his legacy.<\/p>\n The late Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of the world-famous Kentucky Fried Chicken, is seen in a 1964 file photo.<\/p>\n In 2000, the community-based, academically affiliated Ontario health network Trillium Health Partners<\/a> named its women\u2019s and children\u2019s care center in the Colono Hardland Sanders Family Care Centre in honour of his donations over the years.<\/p>\n Donelly also helped facilitate the purchase of the Sanders\u2019 Lakeview home, which was listed by Jaclyn Deme and Meta Realty<\/a> without specifying that it was once the residence of a fast-food franchise icon.<\/p>\n The \u201cimpeccably maintained 4-level side split\u201d spreads four bedrooms, three full baths, two laundry rooms, an open-concept kitchen and multiple living and family rooms over its 2,000-plus square feet of finished space.<\/p>\n \u201cA standout feature is the private main-floor primary bedroom retreat, complete with an accessible ensuite bathroom (with skylight and heated flooring), and private laundry\/mudroom with ample storage,\u201d the listing reads.<\/p>\n The main floor living room and open-concept kitchen at 1337 Melton Drive in Mississauga.<\/p>\n The home\u2019s footprint has changed in the 46 years since Sanders and his wife lived there, the most recent being an addition in 2014, partially designed by award-winning Mississauga-based interior designer Jane Lockhart.<\/p>\n Other feature perks include an attached garage, a powered garden shed, front and rear lawn irrigation systems, a home alarm system, a carpet-free interior, a central vacuum, a backup generator, electrical sliding back doors and two fireplaces.<\/p>\n Property taxes are listed at $8,446.67 annually.<\/p>\n Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. 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