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Legal Sea Foods Founder George Berkowitz Dead At 97

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Published February 27, 2022 1:16 PM

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BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Legal Sea Foods founder George Berkowitz died at 97 years old.

Berkowitz, who previously lived in Lexington and Boston, died February 20 at a retirement community in Dedham.

Berkowitz and his wife Harriet and had three children, including Roger Berkowitz, who took over for his father but sold the restaurants in 2020 to Boston-based PPX Hospitality Brands.

Legal Sea Foods first opened as a Cambridge fish market in 1950 and now has more than 25 restaurants on the east coast.

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