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>> reporter: long before the jingle, jim created the big mac at his uniontown, pennsylvania, restaurant. here's the ad he ran, announcing the big mac when it was just 45 cents. he and his wife had two sons, five grandsons, eight great-grandchildren. >> this is my dad jim. >> this is my dad. >> he created the world's greatest burger. >> reporter: here is one of his grandsons telling us something the sandwich is, when he meat the two beef patties and the cheese and with the lettuce and everything, it would slide off the sandwich. so, he put that bread in the middle and it became the big mac. >> reporter: when the burger turned 40, mcdonald's estimated it was selling 550 million a year. that's roughly 17macs every second. tonight, mcdonald's tweeting out their gratitude to that american grandfather, and quoting him. jim once saying, "i would never have dreamed that my americana." jim was 98. and i want a big mac. i'll see you back here tomorrow. . >>> right now on "the list." don't stop the party for a beer run. three apps to make happy hour happier. >> oh, wine. >> and keep your house spi