Elmer Lynn Hauldren created the Empire Man character and wrote the carpet company’s nationally recognized jingle, which made a lasting imprint of a phone number: “5-8-8, 2-300, Empire!” Mr. Hauldren, ...

Lynn Hauldren, 89, the advertising copywriter who became the inspiration for the Empire Carpet Man in the 1970s and helped launch the company’s signature jingle into national recognition, died Tuesday ...

Elmer Lynn Hauldren began voicing the Empire Man character in the 1970s. The company said he continued to work on commercials until his death. Hauldren was also part of the barbershop quartet that ...

EVANSTON, Ill., April 28 (UPI) -- U.S. television pitchman Elmer Lynn Hauldren has died of natural causes at his home in Evanston, Ill., his family said. He was 89. The Chicago Tribune reported ...

His name may not have been readily recognized, but Elmer Lynn Hauldren's face became known to millions as that of the Empire Man, mascot of the carpet and flooring company Empire Today in nationally ...

The world of televised carpet commercials will never be the same. Today Empire Today® is saddened by the loss of Elmer Lynn Hauldren, better known as the inspiration for the Empire Man character.

Since the early days of Donald Trump’s political rise, mental health experts have argued over the ethics of diagnosing the once-and-wannabe-again POTUS from a distance. There is one stark precedent, ...

Our siblings in Chicago today bring sad news for fans of television jingles the world over. Elmer Lynn Hauldren, known to many as the "Empire Man" or the "Empire Carpet Guy," has passed on at the age ...

A World War II veteran who became famous as the Empire Carpet Man has died at age 89. Empire Today spokeswoman Marlo Michalek says Elmer Lynn Hauldren died Tuesday at his Evanston home. A cause of ...