Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Bell, an Australian who began his career in a McDonald's restaurant at the age of 15, became the company's first non-American chief executive officer when he replaced Jim Cantalupo, who died suddenly in April of a heart attack.
Two weeks after taking over the top job, Bell was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and he has been in and out of the hospital since then for a series of surgeries and treatment, including chemotherapy.
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