Joe Rogan Experience #2561 - LL Cool J · Aired Oct 6, 2026
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Colonel Sanders was 65 years old when he started Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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What the evidence shows
KFC's own history places Sanders selling chicken at age 40 in 1930 and the first KFC franchise in 1952. It dates the restaurant sale and road trip to recruit franchisees to 1956. His later-life franchising push is real, but age 65 was not the beginning of the chicken business.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Colonel Sanders was 65 years old when he started Kentucky Fried Chicken?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. KFC's own history places Sanders selling chicken at age 40 in 1930 and the first KFC franchise in 1952. It dates the restaurant sale and road trip to recruit franchisees to 1956. LL Cool J said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2561 - LL Cool J, aired Oct 6, 2026, at 1:25:38. The supporting source is global.kfc.com, linked below.
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