Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim
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FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2008 file photo, a statue of Pilgrim's Pride founder Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim is displayed outside the distribution center near Pittsburg, Texas. Pilgrim, who grew a one-time feed store into the world's largest poultry producer before losing the company in bankruptcy, has died at 89. A statement on the Erman Smith Funeral Home website says Pilgrim died Friday, July 21, 2017, at his Pittsburg home. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2005, photo, Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Board of Pilgrim's Pride Chicken, left, shakes hands with Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the Dedication Open House of the companies new headquarters in Pittsburg, Texas. Pilgrim, who grew a one-time feed store into the world's largest poultry producer before losing the company in bankruptcy, has died at 89. A statement on the Erman Smith Funeral Home website says Pilgrim died Friday, July 21, 2017, at his Pittsburg home. (Herb Nygren/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)
