Mike Donegan, the owner of Kansas City's famous Stroud's Restaurant & Bar, has died at the age of 72.
Connor Duncan, Donegan's cousin, posted on Facebook Monday morning that he passed away Sunday.
"If I could sum him up in one word, it's 'giving,'" Duncan said in the social media post.
According to the company's website, Stroud's was started in 1933 as a barbecue restaurant by Guy and Helen Stroud. During World War II, Helen Stroud started serving pan-fried chicken instead.
In 1977, Donegan and…