{"id":1964864,"date":"2025-08-17T04:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T04:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1964864"},"modified":"2025-08-17T04:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T04:25:19","slug":"dan-tana-dies-former-owner-of-celebrity-frequented-west-hollywood-eatery-was-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dan-tana-dies-former-owner-of-celebrity-frequented-west-hollywood-eatery-was-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Tana Dies: Former Owner Of Celebrity-Frequented West Hollywood Eatery Was 90"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0848931\/\">Dan Tana<\/a>, the erstwhile actor-turned-restaurateur whose eponymous West Hollywood eatery was a hotspot for celebrities for the past half century, has died at the age of 90, the restaurant\u2019s staff announced on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8761830\/\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great Dan Tana has passed on,\u201d the post read. \u201cWe all know that he created a very magical place. Our beloved little yellow house will forever feel his presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDan 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,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDan had wonderful stories about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000054\/\">Marilyn Monroe<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0227154\/\">Joe Dimaggio<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000015\/\">James Dean<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000069\/\">Frank Sinatra<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5229551\/\">Sammy Davis<\/a>. In fact <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001810\/\">Robert Urich<\/a>\u2019s character was named after Dan Tana on the classic TV show,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Tana, the erstwhile actor-turned-restaurateur whose eponymous West Hollywood eatery was a hotspot for celebrities for the past half century, has died at the age of 90, the restaurant\u2019s staff announced on Facebook. \u201cThe great Dan Tana has passed on,\u201d the post read. \u201cWe all know that he created a very magical place. 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