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'Father of Peeps' marshmallow candies Bob Born dies at 98
1 month ago | By WGN TV
Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died. He was 98.
Just Born Quality Confections, the 100-year-old family-owned company Born led for much of his life, said Monday that he had died peacefully on Sunday.
Born began his life in New York City on Sept. 29, 1924. His father, Sam Born, was a Russian immigrant who started Just Born shortly before his son's birth. The family later moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where Just Born is still based.
Bob Born graduated from Lehigh University with a degree...
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The Lehigh Valley's candy man who helped make marshmallow Peeps a household treat dies at 98
1 month ago | By The Morning Call
Lehigh Valley business icon, Just Born candymaker Ira 'Bob' Born, has died.
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