Jim Prisching / The Associated Press file photo( Jim Prisching / The Associated Press file photo )CHICAGO—The man who got generations of hotdog lovers humming along to the Oscar Mayer Wiener song has died. Richard Trentlage died Sept. 21 in Libertyville, Illinois, at 87, according to an obituary posted online by a northern Illinois funeral home. With the words, “Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener,” Trentlage helped solidify the company’s hotdogs as a piece of Americana. The jingle he wrote appeared in a 1960s television commercial featuring cartoon children marching along and singing. Trentlage was no one-hit wonder.

Source: thestar October 02, 2016 03:56 UTC