[6] Under Hershey Foods, Friendly's grew to more than 800 eateries, the highest number in its history.
But the chain began to flounder because of high labor costs and intense competition.
Donald Smith, a veteran restaurant executive, bought Friendly's for $375 million in 1988.
Most analysts believed he paid far too much for the struggling firm, strapping the company with a huge debt.
[9] A former patron and benefactor of the Springfield, Massachusetts-based American International College, Blake asked that his name be removed from the school's campus following the decision by the AIC to close the off-campus Curtis Blake Day School in June 2015 for 37 students with language-learning disabilities, reportedly due to declining enrollment.