>> ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, THANK YOU. THE MAN BEHIND ST. LOUIS IS MOST BELOVED FROZEN CUSTARD STAND PASSED AWAY AT 96 TED CRUZ JUNIOR, THE SPIRITED ENTREPRENEUR WHO TRANSFORMED HIS FATHER'S MODEST CUSTARD SHOP INTO A ST. LOUIS LANDMARK. FOX NEWS TAYLOR HARRIS IS LIVE AFTER SPEAKING WITH HIS BELOVED CUSTOMERS TAKING. >> ANDY, FOR DECADES, TED DREWES JUNIOR WAS THE FACE OF A ST. LOUIS TRADITION THAT STRETCH FAR BEYOND JUST A SWEET TREAT. IT IS A ST. LOUIS STAPLE. BEFORE CUSTER BECAME HIS LEGACY. DREWS WAS A YOUNG TENNIS PRODIGY, A CRAIG RIFLEMAN AND A CHAMPION SPEED ROLLER SKATER. BUT WHEN HIS FATHER PASSED IN 1968, HEAD FULLY EMBRACE THE FAMILY BUSINESS SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS BEHIND THE COUNTER AT THE ICONIC CHIPPEWA STREET CUSTOMERS LOVE THE CUSTER, THE TEXTURE FLAVORS >> PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT LOSE CUSTODY? >> IT'S THE BEST COAST IN EVERY. >> UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE CHIPPEWA LOCATION DOUBLE ITS SERVICE WINDOWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND TO JUNIOR JUST DIDN'T SERVE CUSTARD. HE SERVED MEMORIES TO GENERATIONS OF SAINT LOUIS'S AND TOURISTS ALIKE. I JUST LOOKED IT BEST ICE CREAM IN ST. LOUIS AND IS ON ALL THE LIST. >> IT'S IT'S VERY UNIQUE. SO I REALLY LIKE A&M ON THE THIS IS HAVE ONE THING YOU WANT EXPERIENCE DEFINITELY. AND YEAH. SO BELIEVE THAT. AND DOING IT TO TURN A LOCAL SHOP INTO A SYMBOL OF THE CITY'S IDENTITY. >> BUT JUST ARE SO MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ENJOYED THIS ICE CREAM ENJOYED, YOU KNOW, THEIR THEIR FAMILY BUSINESS. AND IT THAT'S A LEGACY. VERY FEW PEOPLE GET TO LEAVE. >> THE DRUZE FAMILY ISSUED A STATEMENT, A NATIVE OF ST. LOUIS HEAD LOVE THE CITY. HE CALLED HOME HIS ENTIRE LIFE. HE WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS UNWAVERING LOVE FOR HIS FAITH, FAMILY AND CITY LEGACY WILL LIVE ON THROUGH THIS MEMORY SHARED OVER CONES AND CUPS A SYMBOL OF WARMTH AND TRADITION. THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING JOY GENERATIONS TO COME. >> THE DRUZE FAMILY TOLD FOX 2 THAT A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE FOR THE PUBLIC TO JOIN A CUSTOMER'S STATED. HIS PASSING MARKS THE END OF THE ERA, BUT HIS LEGACY WILL CONTINUE ON WITH EVERY SPOONFUL OF HIS FAMOUS FROZEN CUSTARD REPORTING FROM SOUTH