"More than anything Mr. Hauldren was a family man, proud that he and his wife could account for 31 souls six children, 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, who all survive him.Mr. I'm just a TV pitchman, a glorified salesman."Mr. Bruce DuMont thinks he knows why Hauldren has lasted so long as the Empire Carpet Man. "After serving in the military, Mr. Hauldren studied journalism at Northwestern University. He had three sisters.Mr. based on information from your browser. Lynn Hauldren, 89, the advertising copywriter who became the inspiration for the Empire Carpet Man in the 1970s and helped launch the company's signature jingle into national recognition, died Tuesday, according to an Empire spokesperson. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Lynn Gilmartin Bio: Early Life, Career, Relationship & Net Worth Hauldren portrayed the flooring company's character on TV since the 1970s. April 27, 2011 (NORTHLAKE, Ill.) Elmer Lynn Hauldren began voicing the Empire Man character in the 1970s. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. "Empire Man Character Inspiration Lynn Hauldren Passes Away at Age of 89", "Lynn Hauldren: The Man Behind Empire's Wall-To-Wall Soft Sell", "Advertising Empire: One Simple Jingle Made Lynn Hauldren a Chicago Icon", "Empire Carpet Man Reveals Heroic War Service", "Empire Today's icon character 'Empire Man' celebrates 30th anniversary", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lynn_Hauldren&oldid=1151932022, United States Army personnel of World War II, Articles with dead external links from October 2010, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 27 April 2023, at 03:41. Lynn was truly passionate about the Empire brand, said Steve Silvers, chief executive officer for Empire, in a statement. He was 89.Elmer Lynn Hauldren was born in St. Louis on April 1, 1922. Lynn Hauldren | Military Wiki | Fandom (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times, Al Podgorski) In college at Western Illinois University, if I wanted someone to remember me, I'd tell them my dad was the Empire Carpet Man.
