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Blanche Frisch Maier of Frisch's Big Boy dies

Blanche Frisch Maier, daughter of Frisch's Restaurants founder and mother of CEO, dies at 82

  • On 11:31 am EDT, Wednesday September 2, 2009

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Blanche Frisch Maier (MY'-ur), the matriarch of the regional Frisch's Big Boy restaurant chain, has died at the age of 82.

Her daughter says Maier died of complications from lung cancer Tuesday at her home near Cincinnati.

Maier was the daughter of Frisch's Restaurants Inc. founder David Frisch and worked in the family's first restaurant. Her late husband, Jack Maier, was the company's chairman, and her son, Craig Maier, is now the CEO. Frisch's operates Big Boy restaurants in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

Blanche Maier was passionate about the arts, serving for years on the Cincinnati Ballet board. Daughter Karen Maier, Frisch's corporate vice president of marketing, says her mother was a self-described "klutz" but thought the ballet was beautiful.

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