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Julie Arocho, 72, dies; ran Sky Top Diner in Northport
Having grown up poor in Puerto Rico, Julie Arocho let indigent customers at his Northport diner eat on credit.
And when the Sky Top Diner closed in 1983, the shelves were lined with those unpaid guest checks, Arocho's son, David of Huntington, said Monday.
"He had a soft heart," he said. "He wanted to make sure everybody was taken care of."
Arocho, of Huntington Station, died at...
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