Jimmy Dean, an entrepreneur famous for his eponymous sausage brand, also a Hall of Fame country music singer, died Sunday.Jimmy Dean who first gained fame for his 1961 country music hit “Big Bad John”.
In 1976, Dean achieved a million-seller with a recitation song as a tribute to his mother and mothers everywhere called "I.O.U.". The song was released a few weeks before Mother's Day and quickly became a Top 10 country hit, his first one in a decade, and a Top 40 pop hit, his first in 14 years. The song was re-released in 1977, 1983 and 1984, but with minor success each time.
In 1969, he founded the Jimmy Dean Sausage Company with his brother Don.
Its success led to its acquisition in 1984 by Consolidated Foods, later renamed the Sara Lee Corporation.
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