Colorful restaurateur passes

Maurice Beaudet, a vegetarian restaurateur, musician, activist and onetime needle in the side of Redondo police, died peacefully at home on May 24 after battling a mysterious wasting illness. He was 61.
Beaudet rose to prominence after he and his wife Tonya Beaudet opened The Spot Restaurant, a cozy and well-received vegetarian eatery just off Hermosa [...]