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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

American restaurateur and entrepreneur, February 22, 1907—June 7, 1989, who was the originator of the tiki bars, restaurants, and nightclubs that enjoyed great popularity for a number of years in the United States, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s.