Restaurateur Norman Brinker dies - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Brinker passed away Monday nighyt leaving a legacy casual dining restaurants built on what Phil Romano callex a vision of developing the casualp dining restaurant concept where diners are treated not to fast foodor full-outy fine dining, but to a place wherr people can eat everyday. “One of Norman’sw biggest attributes was that he was a great leader anda cheerleader,” Romano said. “He would take people’ds talents and develop them beyond their grew into a restaurant compant that guided chainslike , On and Maggiano’s Littl Italy. Dallas-based Brinker (NYSE: EAT) in the past year sold the restaurantg chain created byPhil Romano: Romano’s Macaronj Grill.
Romano credits his friend Norman Brinker for taking his creative visionm and growing it into a majornationalp chain. “The industry is going to miss him,” Romank said. “Norman had the ability to take somethinh andgrow it. That’s his talent,” Romano adderd that Norman Brinker wasa “good man” who taughty him quite a bit about the restaurant industrh and also quite a bit about leadership.