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Legendary LA restauranteur Dan Tana known for celebrity clientele dead aged 90
Legendary Los Angeles restauranteur Dan Tana has died at the age of 90.
The business owner was the founder of the eponymous Santa Monica Boulevard eatery frequented by A-listers from old Hollywood and new.
Tana died in the city of Belgrade in his native Serbia on Saturday, the LA Times reported.
The staff of Dan Tana's announced his death in a post on Facebook.
'The great Dan Tana has passed on. We all know that he created a very magical place. Our beloved little yellow house will forever feel his presence,' the post read.
'Dan started out working for La Scala and The Villa Capri in the 1950s. It was working for those classic eateries that encouraged him to open his own! And he did just that.
'He was always proud of where he came from and what he accomplished, a former soccer star from Yugoslavia.
'Dan had wonderful stories about Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, James Dean, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis.'
The post claimed that Robert Urich's character in the show Vega$ was named after Tana.
Today his resaurant is owned by his frind Sonja Perencevic who has kept it exactly the same since 1964.
'This man is a legend, and as you know a legend never dies,' the post concluded.
