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James Whitman `` Jim '' McLamore -LRB- May 30 , 1926 -- August 9 , 1996 -RRB- was with David Edgerton responsible for the expansion of the Burger King fast food franchise .. David Edgerton. David Edgerton. Burger King. Burger King. franchise. Franchising. McLamore attended Northfield Mount Hermon School before matriculating at Cornell University .. Northfield Mount Hermon School. Northfield Mount Hermon School. Cornell University. Cornell University. McLamore was an employee and also a businessman before .. Edgerton originally opened Insta Burger King in Miami , Florida on March 1 , 1954 .. Burger King. Burger King. Three months later , on June 1 , he met McLamore and they formed the Burger King Corporation .. Burger King. Burger King. The corporation opened Burger King stores and went on to introduce the Whopper burger in 1957 , when it also dropped `` Insta '' from the name .. Burger King. Burger King. Whopper. Whopper. The pair sold the business to Pillsbury in 1967 and McLamore served as Burger King 's president until 1970 , and was chairman to 1976 .. Burger King. Burger King. Pillsbury. Pillsbury Company. McLamore died of cancer in Coral Gables , Florida on August 9 , 1996 , at the age of 70 .