Colonel Sanders · every age

What was Colonel Sanders doing at 51?

Lost his diner at 65, then sold chicken door to door

1. Dec 1941

   Closed the Asheville motel when the US entered the war

   Fuel rationing killed the tourist trade.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. c. 1942

   Ran cafeterias for the war effort in Seattle and Tennessee

   He left Claudia Ledington-Price, later his second wife, managing the Corbin restaurant.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org