Arthur Richard Cores (August 11, 1957 – December 16, 2009) was an American

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and

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who was a co-founder of

Boston Market Boston Market Corporation, known as Boston Chicken until 1995, is an American fast casual restaurant chain headquartered in Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Newtown Township, Pennsylvania. Since 2020, it has been owned by Engage Bra ...

. In 1985, while a student at

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, the 27-year-old Cores partnered with fellow student Steven Kolow to open the Boston Chicken restaurant in

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, which quickly became popular with locals who liked the home-cooked rotisserie chicken. Businessman George Naddaff bought the rights to the restaurant and expanded it into a chain, which later became Boston Market. Cores continued to work in the original store, eventually selling his shares in the corporation and retiring in 1994. In 2003, Cores was diagnosed with advanced

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and given months to live. Through an experimental procedure, the cancer was held in check for several years. Cores died from complications of

esophageal cancer Esophageal cancer (American English) or oesophageal cancer (British English) is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include dysphagia, difficulty in swallowing and weigh ...

at his home in

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on December 16, 2009 at the age of 52.Rodrique Ngowi
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story. Retrieved on December 22, 2009.

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