- Born
- December 28, 1933
- Died
- November 22, 2022 (aged 88)
- Known as
- lawyer, politician, entrepreneur
John Young Brown Jr. was an American politician and entrepreneur from Kentucky. He served as the 55th governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, and built Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) into a multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
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