Ronald McDonald was first introduced to the world in 1963 as the “newest, silliest, hamburger-eating-est clown”. With bright red hair, painted face and yellow boiler suit, the McDonald’s ...

You may assume that Ronald McDonald was the fast-food chain's one and only mascot, but you'd be sorely mistaken. In fact, there was another mascot before the famous clown with his white face ...

But people are still freaked out. So McDonald's decided to not parade Ronald around much until sightings of the sinister clowns die out. A spokeswoman for the fast-food company told NBC, "McDonald's ...

Now, there are more than 40,000 McDonald’s restaurants across the globe and Ronald was a big part in helping the fast food chain become a world sensation. Later on, the clown was joined by a ...

But eventually, when Bozo's show ended, McDonald's scrambled to find a replacement clown to continue promoting the restaurant ...

McDonald's is hiding its famous mascot, Ronald McDonald, in the midst of a wave of scary clown sightings across the US. "McDonald's and franchisees in the local markets are mindful of the current ...

For the first time in history, clowns had become salesmen. Above: An early version of Ronald McDonald, from 1963. Like his Big Top forebears, Ronald’s mission was to market directly to kids. While ...

And while there are still acrobats, jugglers, unicyclists, highwire artists, aerial artists like “the human rocket,” musicians and dancers, also gone are the clowns of yesteryear ... the special kids ...

The McDonald’s International Corporation retired their use of clown Ronald McDonald for their branding and commercial promotion in 2016 but still occasionally allow the character to be used for ...