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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.
Because Segar was an employee of King Features Syndicate when he created the Popeye character for the company's Thimble Theatre strip, Popeye is treated as a work for hire under U.S. copyright law. Works for hire are protected for 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter.