George "Geordie" Hormel (July 17, 1928 – February 12, 2006) was an American

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and

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proprietor.

Early life and career

Hormel was the son of Jay Catherwood Hormel and grandson of

George A. Hormel George Albert Hormel (December 4, 1860 – June 5, 1946) was an American entrepreneur, he was the founder of Hormel Foods Corporation (then known as George A. Hormel & Co.) in 1891. His ownership stake in the company made him one of the wealthies ...

, the founder of

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. He claimed to have invented the corndog when he was a teenager growing up in Minnesota In the 1950s and 1960s, Hormel composed music for numerous television shows including '' The Fugitive'', ''

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'', '' Naked City'' and ''

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''. He also sang as part of "The

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Chorus" on

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's triple album ''

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'' (1979). In 1968 he founded a major independent recording studio, The Village Recording Studio, in

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, of which he was proprietor until his death. He owned the

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and the Wrigley Mansion Club housed within it. https://wrigleymansion.com

Personal life

Hormel married four times. He married his first wife, the movie actress

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, on September 23, 1951. The couple divorced on April 26, 1955. His second marriage was to Kim Wadsworth on March 23, 1957. The couple had two children, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1961. In 1968, Hormel married Nancy B. Friedman, with whom he had one child; they divorced in 1973. Hormel married his fourth and final wife, Jamie Renee Vincent, on June 2, 1992. The couple had two children, and were married until his death on February 12, 2006. His daughter Geri was featured on the MTV show ''

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'' in December 2007. Hormel has two brothers, American composer and environmental philanthropist, Thomas Hormel and Ambassador

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References

External links

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The Wrigley Mansion Club

Geri's Super Sweet 16
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