Oscar Mayer dies at 95

[Blue_Tires]

Source: AP via the Richmond Times-Dispatch

MADISON, Wis. -- Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95.

Mayer's wife, Geraldine, said he died of old age Monday age at Hospice Care in Fitchburg.

He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.

Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine Fitzpatrick in 1999.

-- The Associated Press


Read more: http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/national/article/DOGGAT08_20090708-062001/278720/

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wow...all these years i didn't know there WAS actually someone named Oscar Mayer runing things....

[LiberalEsto]

1. Will his coffin be shaped like a bun? nt

[Auggie]

3. LOL

Excellent

[Buzz Clik]

11. This will be his hearse:

[kickysnana]

25. I knew the guy that was a partner in the ad agency that rolled that out. Gosh I'm old. n/t

[BuddhaGirl]

30. I remember that coming thru my neighborhood as a kid

ALL the kids were out on sidewalk - we were so excited LOL

[dysfunctional press]

40. there's also a 'cocktail' version

made from a mini-cooper.

[Buzz Clik]

49. lol! That's pretty cute.

[dysfunctional press]

58. i've seen both versions tooling around the glenview/northbrook area at times...

kraft foods has their headquarters over by there.

[AngryAmish]

2. too soon, too soon...

[BlueJazz]

4. A spoksman said there were bite marks all over his body. Detectives are looking into foul play.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

27. ROFL

:rofl: ..... don't know why...

[DCKit]

65. Because, on some level, it's completely obscene. n/t

[InkAddict]

28. And grilling the usual suspects n/t

[Donnachaidh]

42. One of the Chik-Fil-A cows was taken in for questioning.

A source swears they found hoofmarks on the patio of his home...

[Blue_Tires]

56. the look on its face is incredibly disturbing...

[tularetom]

5. The hearse waiting outside the church

[Blue_Tires]

36. for years when i was in high school there was one of those parked

at a local 7-11... i still want to drive one...

[woodsprite]

6. I won't even make a crack about what 'preservatives' they'll use.... n/t

[predfan]

7. Never again will someone wish to be the Oscar Mayer weiner.

[guitar man]

8. see, told you so

All the fat, cholesterol, salt and preservatives in those things will kill ya. Imagine how long he would have lived if he hadn't eaten all that stuff. :D

[Kolesar]

12. The tobacco company execs are not smokers

Do you think Oscar ate what he sold? He certainly knew what was in it.

[TlalocW]

20. The guy who invented Ramen recently died

And he claimed to eat it every day, and he lived to a ripe old age.

TlalocW

[proteus_lives]

54. I love ramen.

I've eaten regularly since high school.

[Egnever]

46. The responses in this thread are embarasing

[AngryOldDem]

9. I relished his life....

...is this the DU equivalent of Chuckles The Clown's funeral on The Mary Tyler Moore Show?

[rurallib]

10. Survived by his dog Chili

[Dappleganger]

35. Yay for weenies!

[Botany]

13. Music for his service?

The Weenie Whistle.

[Buzz Clik]

14. Oscar Mayer is the first and last name in B-O-L-O-G-N-A.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmPRHJd3uHI

[Curtland1015]

15. I hear his funeral will be attended by fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks...

...tough kids, sissy kids, EVEN kids with chicken pox.

[Buzz Clik]

16. The Armour company will feel betrayed.

[Curtland1015]

19. That's what they get for making fun of the fat sissies that eat their hot dogs.

[Buzz Clik]

21. Interesting point -- Armour's campaign was designed to reach out to a diverse clientele. Instead,...

... they offended the sick, the overweight, small, large, and anyone who felt alienated. These people became Oscar Mayer customers with deep brand loyalty.

:thumbsup:

[Fridays Child]

51. Now THAT was cute!

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

55. Duzy material, very nice

[YDogg]

17. baloney

[Joanie Baloney]

47. Hey!

I resemble that remark! And, I for one, resent all this frivolity during a very serious period of grieving and mourning for us deli meats.

Oscar was like a father to me.

Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!


:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

JBaloney

[Auggie]

18. Tonight I'll mourn his passing with a cocktail

wiener or two.

[Blue_Tires]

57. no one was able to beat Oscar's meat....

[sellitman]

59. Did you have to?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[YOY]

22. You know, I allways thought the first name in Bologna was "Velzna".

Oooh...an intellectual joke...I must be moving past my "dick and fart" joke standard.

[bmbmd]

23. There will soon be

nothing left of him.

[Historic NY]

24. Filed under my baloney HAD a first name,

[edbermac]

26. "Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener..."

That is what I truly want to be
'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener
Everyone would be in love with me.

Oh, I'm glad I'm not an Oscar Mayer wiener.
That is what I'd never want to be.
Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener.
There would soon be nothing left of me!

Ah, memories...

[Algorem]

29. he was all dehydrated and shriveled

[Auggie]

37. Thank goodness he didn't split

[Algorem]

48. the doctor wanted to try boiling him but the family told him don't be a hot dog

he's gone to a better place

the garbage bag in the kitchen

[Javaman]

31. Today, we are all wieners. nt

[meegbear]

32. I wonder if his wish comes true?

:shrug:

[POAS]

62. What really boils me is that

I had the same thought but you beat me to it. Well your subject line is much cleverer though less crude than mine would have been!

[Buzz Clik]

33. His body will be held in state in the lobby of Oscar Mayer, Inc in one of these:

[Buns_of_Fire]

63. You mean he's going to roll over and over and over again in perpetuity?

Beats eternal flame-broiling, I suppose (we're saving that for the Burger King).

I'm sorry. I'm going to hell for this, aren't I? Me and Mary Richards.

RIP, Mr. Mayer.

[sofa king]

34. Does the name "Mayer" have some peculiar use in Germany?

Hermann Goering famously boasted that if British bombs fell on the Ruhr, you could call him, "Mayer." (And shortly after saying it, he presumably was.) What is the meaning of this phrase, "you can call me Mayer"?

And yes, I have to apologize in advance for asking such a question, because when you're talking Nazis, something offensive and/or worthy of comparison to the GOP always comes up.

[JVS]

50. Goering's remark has a bit of ambiguity to it, depending on Meier being a first or last name.

As a last name, Meier (and variant spellings) is an extremely common last name among Germans. Back in the feudal system a Meier was a free farmer (neither serf nor serf-holder), whereas a Bauer was a plain old peasant. Goering was technically not from the German nobility, but among the Nazis he was particularly noted for cultivating aristocratic affectations. He hunted, lived in a castle, wore showy uniforms. If viewed in this context it could have been a statement meaning that if he allows bombs to hit German soil, he's a commoner. The problem with this theory is that Goering actually was a commoner and it seems unlikely that a man putting on aristocratic airs would make such a statement. If he were from a better established family, I'd believe it better.

The other, and in my opinion more likely scenario, is that Goering was using Meier as a first name. Germans don't use Meier as a first name, but among Jewish people it can be both a first name or a last name and is derived from Hebrew. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Maier Think Golda Meir, Mayer Rothschild, Meir Kahane, Meyer Wolfsheim from The Great Gatsby, etc. If this what Goering was saying it becomes pretty easy to understand how ridiculous bombs falling on the Ruhr sounded to Goering.

[Deja Q]

38. How many years would one of his wieners last before spoiling?

About 95...

:hide:

[cosmicone]

39. B-O-L-O-G-N-A n/t

[Froward69]

41. OH you twisted

mean people...

Frankly, I am saddened by this death more so than MJ, Farrah or any others recently.

YES I am a slave to my palate.

I once auditioned to sing the jingle. "Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Wiener..."

I was 10.

In fact I think I will go and have Hot Dogs for lunch.

[DemReadingDU]

43. Anybody else get this ad at the top of the page?

$2 Off Oscar Mayer Coupon
Save $2 On Oscar Mayer Products Print Oscar Mayer Coupons Now!
grocerycouponsusa.com/oscar-mayer

[POAS]

61. yep!

[RaRa]

44. Some of the Mayer family belonged to our church

in Chicago (when we went there). A good liberal UCC congregation.

[RufusTFirefly]

45. He changed so many lives and broke so many barriers. I am deeply moved

When is his internationally televised funeral?



I'm the Wienie King! Invented the Texas Wienie! Lay off 'em, you'll live longer.

[Vidar]

52. RIP Mr. Mayer.

[Algorem]

53. I think it would sulfites to say that his death leaves a chunk of gristle in America's heart

that won't be easily flossed away.

[IndianaGreen]

60. I didn't know he was a real person either!

He lived a long life!

[Sultana]

64. RIP, Mr. Mayer

Oscar Mayer hot dogs are delicious :9

[liberal N proud]

66. Oscar Mayer dead at 95

Source: AP

MADISON, Wisconsin - Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95.

Mayer’s wife, Geraldine, said he died of old age Monday at Hospice Care in Fitchburg.

He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31806348/ns/business-consumer_news?GT1=43001

[pleah]

67. Sad.

[tomm2thumbs]

68. he lived a long life - guess hot dogs aren't that bad for you afterall

all those preservatives?

[cutlassmama]

71. doubt he ate them since he lived to be 95 eom

[Dennis Donovan]

72. OM hot dogs are from Upton Sinclair's nightmares...

:puke:

[Dennis Donovan]

69. Rest in Peace, Mr Meyer. As much as I LOVED the Weinermobile...

...their products suck!:puke:

[redwitch]

77. I have had the thrill of seeing the wienermobile a few times.

On the Jersey turnpike. I would love to drive around in it!

[Dennis Donovan]

78. Just don't steal the license plate:

http://www.svherald.com/articles/2007/06/28/news/doc468353b9366fb368334365.txt

TUCSON — Public Information Officer Carmen A. Figueroa of the Arizona Department of Public Safety reported the following incident Wednesday:

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 10 at milepost 261, which is near the intersection with U.S. 19, Officer K. Lankow stopped the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. The vehicle was contacted by the officer for a reported stolen license plate out of Columbia, Wis.

A call to the Columbia Police Department was made by Lankow, who learned that the Wisconsin plate YUMMY would only be considered stolen if not accompanied by the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile.
</snip>

:rofl:

[BobTheSubgenius]

70. R.I.P. O-S-C-A-R

[rateyes]

73. And, that's no baloney.

Sorry. Couldn't resist. :hide:

RIP Mr. Mayer.

[htuttle]

74. The weiners are at half-mast today at Oscar Mayer Headquarters

I drive past the place on my way home from work, and today it looked positively flaccid...

[ohio2007]

75. here comes the spam

[Arugula Latte]

76. I'm picturing a hotdog bun-shaped coffin.