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Ron Popeil
Acting
03 May 1935
† 28 Jul 2021
New York City, New York, U.S.
Biography
Ronald Martin Popeil (/poʊˈpiːl/; May 3, 1935 – July 28, 2021), was an American inventor and marketing personality, and founder of the direct response marketing company Ronco. He made appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie and coined the phrase "Set it, and forget it!" as well as popularizing the phrase, "But wait, there's more!" on television as early as the mid-1950s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Popeil, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors o...
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