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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

As CEO of Empire Today, Keith Weinberger may be the man, but he’s not the Empire Man. That title belongs to the late Elmer Lynn Hauldren, Empire’s longtime pitchman, who created and sang the company’s ...

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, ...

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 ...

The man synonymous with the numbers (800) 588-2300 (EMPIRE) has died. Elmer Lynn Hauldren, better known as the Empire Carpet Man, was 89. Hauldren portrayed the flooring company's character on TV ...

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 ...