George Cohon, founding father of McDonald’s Canada in response to Ronald McDonald Home Charities, has died.
Cohon’s son, Mark Cohon, took to X, previously often called Twitter, Saturday morning, and mentioned: “Final evening we mentioned farewell to my Dad. Our household, Canada and the world misplaced a outstanding man.”
Cohon was born in Chicago in 1937 and obtained levels from Drake College and Northwestern College Faculty of Regulation earlier than coming to Canada.
Cohon opened his first McDonald’s location in London, Ont. in November 1968.
He was additionally the founding father of Ronald McDonald Kids’s Charities throughout the nation.
In 2020, Cohon obtained the Companion of the Order of Canada, the best degree of the order, for his charitable work around the globe, in response to a submit by Ronald McDonald Home.
He was 86 years previous.
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