Albert Okura, ‘Chicken Man’ Who Saved a Ghost Town, Dies at 71 Posted by By Sam Roberts February 9, 2023Posted inCalifornia, Deaths (Obituaries), Fast Food Industry, Historic Buildings and Sites, Japanese-Americans, McDonald's Corporation, Okura, Albert (1951-2023), Restaurants, Route 66, San Bernardino (Calif), Travel He built a California fast-food chain, opened a McDonald’s museum and restored a historic town on Route 66, a road for which he harbored a special interest.