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Lowell Hawthorne, the founder of Golden Krust, at his company's Park Avenue plant in the Bronx in April.
Stephen Speranza for The New York Times
Lowell Hawthorne
Died on December 2, 2017 at age 57
Using the flavors of his native Jamaica, Mr. Hawthorne founded Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill, building a fast-food empire from scratch in the United States.
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