The Pittsburgh-area McDonald's franchisee who created the Big Mac nearly 50 years ago has died.

美國匹茲堡地區(qū)麥當勞加盟商,50年前發(fā)明麥當勞招牌漢堡包“巨無霸”的制造者去世。

Michael 'Jim' Delligatti was 98.

邁克爾·吉姆·德利加迪享年98歲。

McDonald's spokeswoman Kerry Ford confirmed that Delligatti died at home surrounded by his family on Monday night.

麥當勞發(fā)言人克里·福特確認,周一晚上,德利加迪在家人的陪伴下于家中辭世。

According to his son, Delligatti ate at least one 540-calorie Big Mac a week for decades.

據(jù)德利加迪兒子稱,十幾年來,他每周至少吃一個含有540卡路里的“巨無霸”漢堡包。

Delligatti's franchise was based in Uniontown when in 1967 he invented the chain's signature burger with two all-beef patties, 'special sauce,' lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun.

德利加迪的加盟店位于Uniontown小鎮(zhèn),1967年他發(fā)明了一種招牌漢堡包,將兩塊牛肉餡餅,‘特殊的醬料’、生菜、萵苣、奶酪和洋蔥放在沾有芝麻的面包片上。

The Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald's resisted the idea at first because its simple lineup of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries and shakes was selling well.

起初,美國伊利諾斯州奧克布魯克麥當勞店對這種想法表示反對,因為他店內(nèi)那些制作簡單的產(chǎn)品包如牛肉漢堡、薯條和奶昔賣的很好。

But Delligatti wanted to offer a bigger burger and it went over so well it spread to the rest of Delligatti's 47 stores, then went national in 1968.

但是德利加迪希望為顧客提供一種更大的漢堡包,這種漢堡包銷量非常好,馬上傳到德利加迪其它47家連鎖店,1968年全國都能買到這種漢堡包。

"He was often asked why he named it the Big Mac, and he said because Big Mc sounded too funny,'' his son Michael Delligatti said.

吉姆·德利加迪的兒子說,“他經(jīng)常被問到為什么起名‘巨無霸’,他說因為巨無霸聽起來很滑稽。”

To Delligatti's delight, the product was 'an immediate success,' adding that the recipe has not really changed in the 40 years.

令德利加迪感到欣喜的是,產(chǎn)品一經(jīng)上市就“馬上取得成功”,他補充道,這份食譜40年沒有變過。

When the burger turned 40, McDonald's estimated it was selling 550 million Big Macs a year, or roughly 17 every second. Delligatti received no payment or royalties for coming up with the burger, the company said.

在巨無霸誕生40年的時候,麥當勞估計,它每年的銷量高達5.5億個,大約每秒鐘賣出17個。不過,麥當勞公司說,德利加迪沒有為發(fā)明這種漢堡包得到過任何酬勞或專利。