From the beginning, Yancey was a fixture at the original Fatburger, where customers, who included entertainers such as Redd Foxx and Ray Charles, could custom-order their burgers.
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Lovie Yancey (January 3, 1912 – January 26, 2008) was the American founder of the Fatburger restaurant chain.
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Yancey always claimed "I don't worry about McDonald's, Burger King or Wendy's, They may be more popular, but a good hamburger sells itself, and I don't think anybody makes as good a hamburger as we do."