He hugged me once. It made me realize how damn brave you would have to be to willingly face him in a boxing ring. We spent an afternoon at a George Foreman grill cooking competition and had a lot of laughs. RIP.
Yes sorry, I am realizing this as I was looking through other posts. And I somehow missed where Kashana said goodbye and just registered the part about the grill (add?). Anyway, this is sad. I actually had a George Foreman grill. My husband‘s granny gave it to me.
Hi, actually George did not invent the grill Michael W. Boehm did. He could not sell them at all had a huge inventory going no where. Got together with George and an idea, George as the pitch man. And the rest is history.
Many years ago, I heard him interviewing on NPR one morning on my to work in LA. He talked about, among many things, growing up and not understanding the value of things to other people because he had never had anything valuable. It was enlightening to me and I have admired him ever since.
the 1st time my brother brought my sister in law home for xmas, she got him a George Foreman™️ grill & he was incredibly psyched.
we kept on unwrapping presents & when it was her turn, he also got her a George Foreman™️ grill & even tho they lived together she also was *incredibly* psyched.
He did not invent the GF grill. He only marketed it. It was actually offered first to hulk hogan and he turned it down (thank God, or he'd be million$ more wealthy)
It still amazes me how long his boxing career was—boxing in the Olympics in 1968 and was still boxing in the 90s. He seemed like a pretty decent guy overall.
He didn't invent it. The first person they approached to pitch it was Hulk Hogan. If he hadn't refused it would have been the Hulk Hogan grill. Just a weird bit of trivia, but yes, RIP George.
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Also my mom gave me one as a going away to college present. 7/10 would consider purchasing again.
Must've been on an Oprah
RIP George Foreman 🕊💛🕊
I had no idea.
Named all those kids George to keep a legacy but this is what we will remember
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we kept on unwrapping presents & when it was her turn, he also got her a George Foreman™️ grill & even tho they lived together she also was *incredibly* psyched.
but I haven't yet read an obituary for the guy who invented kale smoothies
Thanks for sharing. I hadn’t heard he passed.
RIP.