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Ron Popeil, the infomercial icon behind products like the Pocket Fisherman and Hair in a Can, died on Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to the Associated Press. He was ...

Ron Popeil is famous for a phrase that perfectly describes his next business move: “But wait, there’s more!” Popeil is the infomercial pitchman who invented the Veg-O-Matic, Inside-the-Egg Scrambler ...

Good lede by Matt Meyerhoff on this week's L.A. Business Journal front-pager about TV huckster Ron Popeil, who is now 70 years old, cashing out of his famous Ronco Corp, home of the Veg-o-Matic and a ...

In 1967, a friend told him he should take his company public. Popeil’s response: “What’s that?” Ronco appeared on the American Stock Exchange in 1969. Most Influential People: Casino developer Steve ...