Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Poetic Obituaries: In the mid-1960s, he bought a pig farm

in Plainview and later started the Jimmy Dean Meat Co. with his brother, Don. Jimmy was always looking for ways to protect himself from the vagaries of the entertainment business. The company became profitable in just six months, and the brothers later fought over who would control it. Jimmy prevailed; he and Don never reconciled. During an appearance on The Mike Douglas Show in 1977, Jimmy read a poem that concluded: "When you make your brother a partner, you start ills for which there are no cures. You'll find he'll develop eye trouble, and he can't tell his money from yours."

from Business Week: Jimmy Dean, 1928-2010

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