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THOMAS, David R. ("Dave") ( b. 2 July 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey; d. 8 January 2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida), fast-food entrepreneur and founder of Wendy's restaurants. Thomas, an adopted child, lived for the first five years of his life in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with his adoptive parents, Rex, a construction worker, and Auleva, a ...
Dave Thomas speaking at the Pasadena Rails Studio. Dave Thomas (born 1956) is a computer programmer, author and editor. He has written about Ruby and together with Andy Hunt, he co-authored The Pragmatic Programmer and runs The Pragmatic Bookshelf publishing company. Thomas moved to the United States from England in 1994 and lives north of ...
Mar 9, 2023 · Dave Thomas had an unorthodox childhood. He was adopted as a baby, but his adoptive mother died when he was 5 years old. His adoptive father, Rex, moved him from town to town, which caused Thomas to say later that he never felt like he belonged anywhere. In just one decade, he lived in at least 12 different places.
Jan 8, 2002 · COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Dave Thomas, the portly pitchman whose homespun ads built Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers into one of the world's most successful fast-food enterprises, has died. He was 69.
Jul 1, 2019 · Things have changed for Dave Thomas. Grandfatherly, down-to-earth Dave Thomas, the man who founded Wendy's in 1969 and built it into a multi-million dollar fast-food empire, is more than a good businessman now. He's a star. The cameras following Thomas that day were from Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, scheduled to air a Thomas segment in ...
David William Thomas CM was born May 20, 1949, in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is the eldest son of Moreen Duff (Muir), a Scottish-born church organist for thirty years, and composer of church music, and John Thomas (1926–1996), a Welsh-born medical ethicist, head of the Philosophy Department at McMaster University and the author of ...
Dave Thomas (born 5 October 1950) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger, totalling over 450 league appearances for Burnley, Queens Park Rangers, Everton, Vancouver Whitecaps, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers over almost 20 years. He made eight appearances for the England national team .
