Restaurateur Wilbur/Wilber Hardee Is Dead; Mass Confusion Over His Name Ensues
June 26th, 2008Updated*
Wilbur/Wilber Hardee died recently, and no one seems to know how to spell his name.
Google search for Wilber Hardee.
Google search for Wilbur Hardee.
Being an ace reporter, I checked a trusty source (i.e., the Hardee’s Cool Kids website) and discovered that it’s spelled Wilbur, assuming the dude’s own company would get it right.
I guess that’s what you get when editors care about you just enough to use your obit to fill real estate but not enough to fact check your first name.
* The Hardee’s site has it spelled as Wilber in the company history. So maybe both spellings are acceptable. What a boring mystery.
