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Glen William Bell Jr. (September 3, 1923 – January 16, 2010) was an American restaurateur who founded the Taco Bell chain of restaurants.
Jan 19, 2010 · Glen W. Bell Jr., whose idea in 1951 to sell crispy-shell tacos from the window of his hamburger stand became the foundation of Taco Bell, the restaurant chain that turned Mexican fare into...
Mar 21, 2018 · In this episode, we’ll tell you the story of how Glen Bell created Taco Bell. SUBSCRIBE to Taco Bell: http://bit.ly/2dkMX81 “What The Bell Happened?” is a vi...
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Glen W. Bell Jr., whose inspiration to put tacos on the drive-in menu'¨ created the 5,600-unit Taco Bell chain, died Sunday, the company '¨announced on its website.
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Bell was born Glen William Bell, Jr.in Lynwood, California on September 3, 1923. When he was 5, his family moved to a small farm in Oregon. As the depression came on, he started to sell cottage cheese door to door. In 1934, Bell and his family moved to a 10-acre mountainside orchard, owned by his maternal grandmother. The family, now with 5 childre...
After graduating from high school in 1941, Bell started working for the U.S. Forestry Service and for the military near Barstow before joining the United States Marines Corps. His wartime service as a waiter serving top military brass in the South Pacific taught him how to balance the amount of food needed by specific numbers of diners and the impo...
Since 1947, Bell was married to Dorothy Taylor. In 1953, they divorced after Bell's success had destroyed his marriage. In 1955, he married a teacher named Martha "Marty" Ahl and struck out on his own again in Pasadena. However, Bell misjudged the clientele and his Taco Tia on Colorado Boulevard failed to show a profit. Later, Martha gave birth to ...
Since 1985, Bell had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. On January 16, 2010, after 25 years of battling the disease, Bell passed away at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California at age 86, 8 months before his 87th birthday. He is survived by his wife Martha, his children Kathleen, Gary, Rex, and Techno_Wizard. 3 sisters, and 4 grandchildren. T...
The man, the myth, The ‘Bell’ in Taco Bell. The founder of your favorite Mexican-inspired restaurant. While he didn’t invent the taco, he did play a large role in bringing the delicious, crunchy, cheese-filled taco that you know and love straight to the mouths of the masses.
Jan 19, 2010 · Glen W. Bell Jr., the innovator and entrepreneur who tapped an unsated hunger for Mexican fare as Americans discovered fast food, creating Taco Tia, El Taco and in 1962 his signature Taco Bell...
