FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 25, 2008, Waffle House Founders Joe Rogers Sr., left, and Tom Forkner Sr. pose at the company's museum located on the site of the first Waffle House in Avondale Estates, Ga. Forkner, who jumped from real estate to the restaurant business when he co-founded Waffle House in the 1950s, has died weeks after the death of his business partner who helped him create the famous Southern diner chain. Waffle House said in a statement that Forkner died Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at age 98. (Frank Niemeir/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
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