Wednesday, April 27, 2011

R.I.P. Empire Carpet Man

The Empire Carpet Man, a.k.a. Lynn Hauldren, died on Tuesday. He was 89. The advertising copywriter has been the spokesman for Empire Carpets for nearly 40 years.

He was known as a key singer in the barbershop quartet arena, recording several albums with the quartet, Chordiac Arrest, and a vocal ensemble called Chicago Natural Gas.

FIVE EIGHT EIGHT, TWO THREE-HUNDRED, EMPIRE!

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