Burger King retires mascot “The King”

Published August 20, 2011 4:00am ET



PORTLAND, Ore. — The King is dead, but the burger lives on. Burger King Corp. is retiring “The King” mascot, a man with an oversized plastic head and creepy smile who in recent years has been shown in ads peeping into people’s windows and popping up next to them in bed.

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