Since the 1970s Hauldren has been known by millions of Chicago area TV viewers and radio listeners as the Empire Man, becoming a Midwestern pop icon as mascot for the company. "He has made an ...

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NORTHLAKE, Ill. (CBS) --The man who became an icon to Chicagoans as the Empire Carpet Man has died at the age of 89. Elmer Lynn Hauldren was the pitchman for the Empire Carpet, now known as Empire ...