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Published November 24, 2011, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Remembering Jeno Paulucci, 1918-2011


Jeno Paulucci sits at his desk in his Duluth office in Canal Park after a 2009 interview. The Iron Range native and frozen-foods mogul died Thursday at age 93. (2009 file / News Tribune)

  • Jeno Paulucci sits at his desk in his Duluth office in Canal Park after a 2009 interview. The Iron Range native and frozen-foods mogul died Thursday at age 93. (2009 file / News Tribune)
  • Michelina and Ettore Paulucci are pictured in 1918 with their daughter Elizabeth and son Jeno.
  • Jeno Paulucci in high school.
  • Jeno and Lois Paulucci were married in 1947. (Photo courtesy of the Paulucci family)
  • The Paulucci family (from left): Elizabeth, Michelina, Jeno and Ettore.
  • Jeno Paulucci in the 1930s.
  • Jeno Paulucci (right) appears at a trade show at the Hotel Duluth in the early 1950s preparing a display for his Orient Express truck fleet and Chun King products.
  • Jeno Paulucci pulls comedian Stan Freberg in a rickshaw as part of a publicity stunt for Chun King. Photo taken in early 1960s. File / News Tribune
  • Jeno Paulucci and Superior Mayor Bruce Hagen attend a news conference in Superior on April 2, 1986. (File / News Tribune)
  • Jeno Paulucci looks on as then-Vice President George H. W. Bush and Gov. Michael Dukakis shake hands at a gathering of the National Italian American Foundation in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14, 1988. File / Associated Press
  • Jeno Paulucci shakes hands with Duluth Mayor John Fedo on June 21, 1990. They announced a settlement between Paulucci and the city regarding the paper mill property in West Duluth. (File / News Tribune)
  • Jeno Paulucci makes his rounds at his plant in West Duluth and makes his presence known on April 17, 1991. (File / News Tribune)
  • Jeno Paulucci samples one of his meals at the Luigino’s plant in Duluth on April 22, 1990. Production started in October 1989, and the plant had 300 employees and sales of about $1 million a week. (File / News Tribune)
  • Jeno and Lois Paulucci receive warm birthday greetings from Audrey Berkelman as they entered the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on July 9, 1993, to celebrate Jeno Paulucci’s 75th birthday. Jeno Paulucci died at age 93 at his Duluth home on Thanksgiving morning, four days after losing his wife of more than 64 years, Lois.
  • President Reagan and Jeno Paulucci talk at the National Italian American Federation dinner in Washington, D.C. Photo taken sometime in 1980s. File / News Tribune
  • Jeno and Lois Paulucci watch festivities at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth for the Warmer by the Lake celebration New Year's Day 2003. Mayor Gary Doty announced at the celebration that the Pauluccis will give money to build a warming house at the park.
  • Mayor Gary Doty does his final ribbon cutting ceremony as mayor to dedicate the new Bayfront Family Center with Director of Park and Recreation Carl Seehus, Jeno Paulucci and Lois Paulucci on New Year's Day 2004.
  • Jeno Paulucci died at his Duluth home on Thanksgiving morning. (2009 file / News Tribune)