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Popular Ridgefield Restaurant Owner Dies At Age 80
A much-beloved restaurant owner and philanthropist in Fairfield County has died.
Dimitrios Paschalidis, age 80, died Thursday, April 1, at his home in Norwalk.
He was born August 20, 1940, in the northern village of Saint Dimitrios, Kozani, Greece.
The co-owner of Dimitri’s Diner and Gyro on Pita, both in Ridgefield, Paschalidis died after surgery performed due to aggressive cancer, according to Dimitri's staff.
"We are beyond saddened by the loss of Dimitri," the staff at Dimitri's said. "There is a hole in our hearts"
Before moving to the United States in 1968 in search of a bette…