Duncan Hines [SEP] cause of death
) in Omaha, Nebraska, which developed and sold the first Duncan Hines cake mixes.
In 1957, Nebraska Consolidated Mills sold the cake mix business to the U.S. consumer products company Procter & Gamble. The company expanded the business to the national market and added a series of related products.
Also in 1957, Hines appeared as a guest challenger on the TV panel show "To Tell the Truth".
Duncan Hines died of lung cancer 11 days short of what would have been his 79th birthday. He was
buried in Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the same series of Hines family plots as Thomas Hines.
Today.
The Duncan Hines brand is now owned by Conagra Brands, having been reunited with the company through its acquisition of Pinnacle Foods in 2018. Hines is widely honored in his hometown of Bowling Green, and a portion of U.S. Route 31W north of the city was named the Duncan Hines Highway after his death. A museum exhibit at Western Kentucky University's Kentucky Museum in Bowling Green showcases Duncan Hines