It was the pizza equivalent of a McDonald brother endorsing Burger King. Frank Carney—who co-founded Pizza Hut with his brother, Dan, in 1958—strolled out to greet a gathering of franchisees in 1997 ...

Every so often, an old Pizza Hut ad gets recirculated online, usually accompanied by incredulity and a keen sentiment of what the fuck. This time is no different: Mikhail Gorbachev — yes, that ...

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, former leader Mikhail Gorbachev found himself adrift. Political jockeying with a new regime had resulted in his pension barely amounting to $2 a month. His ...

Call it a slice of life. The television commercial that Mikhail Gorbachev did for Pizza Hut 25 years ago might be seen as a 60-second gloss of his career, both cheerful and glum. In the 1997 ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In November 1997, Mikhail Gorbachev, the former and final leader of the Soviet Union, made a Pizza Hut commercial.

Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91. The last president of the Soviet Union was deemed responsible for ending the ‘Cold war’ that had severe ...

MOSCOW — Call it a slice of life. The television commercial that Mikhail Gorbachev did for Pizza Hut 25 years ago might be seen as a 60-second gloss of his career, both cheerful and glum.