Oscar Mayer Dead at 95

No, I'm not talking about the company, though you might think so. Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the American meat and cold cut production company, owned by Kraft Foods, has died at the age of 95.

In fact, this is the third Oscar Meyer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison, WI. His grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G. Mayer Sr., died in 1965.

Oscar Meyer is well known for its franks and lunch meats. Those products have spawned jingles which many probably remember.

In terms of the weiner product, there's

Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener
That is what I truly want to be
'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener
Everyone would be in love with me.

In terms of bologna:

My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R
My bologna has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R
Oh, I love to eat it every day, and if you ask me why, I'll say,
"'Cause Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A."

Mayer's wife, Geraldine, said he died of old age Monday age at Hospice Care in Fitchburg, WI.