MORE INFORMATION AS IT COMES

INTO OUR NEWSROOM.

AND THE FOUNDER OF

JOE'S HAS DIED.

HE PASSED AWAY LATE LAST NIGHT

AT HIS PASADENA

JOE JR. TOLD PASADENA STAR NEWS

THAT HIS FATHER WAS A

RENAISSANCE MAN WHO WAS A SHARP

BUSINESSMAN AND A UNIQUE

THINKER.

THE SAN DIEGO NATIVE OPENED HIS

FIRST MARKET IN PASADENA IN

1967.

IT HAS SINCE GROWN INTO A CHAIN

OF MORE THAN 500 STORES IN 40

STATES.

IN HIS LATER YEARS, HE BECAME A

PHILANTHROPIST, A PAINTER AND

FOOD AND WINE COMMENTATOR.

HE'S SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, THREE