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Cause of death
  
Heart attack

Resting place
  
Rancho Santa Fe

Name
  
Glen Bell


Years active
  
1948–2010

Occupation
  
Entrepreneur

Organizations founded
  
Taco Bell

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Full Name
  
Glen William Bell, Jr.

Born
  
September 3, 1923 (
1923-09-03
)
Lynwood, California, United States

Known for
  
Founder of Taco Bell restaurants

Children
  
James Bell and Andrew Bell

Died
  
January 17, 2010, Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States

Spouse
  
Martha Bell (m. 1955–2010)

Similar People
  
Fred DeLuca, Gordon Bowker, Greg Creed

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Glen William Bell Jr. (September 3, 1923 – January 16, 2010) was the founder of the Taco Bell chain of restaurants.

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Born in Lynwood, California, Glen Bell attended and graduated from San Bernardino High School in 1941. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Bell left the military in 1946 and started his first hot dog stand, called Bell's Drive-In, in San Bernardino in 1948. In 1952, he sold the hot dog stand and built a second stand that sold hot dogs and hamburgers. Shortly thereafter, he started selling tacos at a taco stand named Taco-Tia at the price of 19 cents each from a side window. Between 1954 and 1955, he opened three Taco Tias in the San Bernardino area, eventually selling those restaurants and opening four El Tacos with a partner in the Long Beach area.

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In 1962, he decided to go solo and sold the El Tacos to his partner and opened his first Taco Bell. Bell franchised his restaurant in 1964. His company grew rapidly, and the 868-restaurant chain was later sold to PepsiCo in 1978 for $125 million in stock.

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In the late 1970's, Bell opened a tourist railroad at Tuolumne, California. He was a life-long railway enthusiast.This 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railroad used the lower section of the track and several steam locomotives of the West Side Lumber Company railway. The operation also offered boat rides on the old mill pond and RV parking. It closed in the early 1980s after failing to attract enough visitors.

Death

Bell died from a heart attack on January 16, 2010 at age 86 in Rancho Santa Fe, California. He was survived by his wife Martha, two sons, a daughter, four grandchildren, and three sisters.

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