Burger King co-founder David Edgerton dies at 90

David Edgerton, co-founder of Burger King, died earlier this month in Miami. He was 90.

Edgerton died April 3 of surgery complications after a fall, his friend and accountant Betty Amos Righetti told The New York Times.  

Edgerton started what would become the world’s second largest burger chain after acquiring Insta-Burger King, a 15-cent hamburger concept, in March 1954. He was a contemporary of Ray Kroc, who in 1955 on the West Coast founded McDonald’s System Inc., a predecessor of the McDonald’s Corp. and the world’s largest burger brand. 

Edgerton started his Burger King...