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Then, in March 2008, Popeyes founder Al Copeland, who had built the fried chickenâpeddling chain from a single unit into a global enterprise of some 800 units, died at the age of 64.
Email the author | Follow on Twitter. on June 17, 2014 at 1:05 PM, updated June 17, 2014 at 1:33 PM. comments. Forty-two years after the first Popeyes opened, the family of founder Al Copeland sold their fried chicken recipes to the publicly traded restaurant chain on Monday.