MONTGOMERY, AL. (THECOUNT) — Alabama State House Rep. Dimitri Polizos has died after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday, according to State House officials.
Polizos, 68, passed away Wednesday after suffering from a massive heart attack at home Tuesday. He was 68-years-old.
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Polizos was first elected to the District 74 seat in a special election in December 2013. He was reelected in 2014 and 2018. Before that, Polizos served on the Montgomery County Commission from 2004 until his election to the House.
Polizos was born and raised in Montgomery and graduated from Troy State University, as it was known then, with a degree in business. He was a well-known restaurant owner specializing in Greek and Italian food, as well as “home cooking,” reports WSFA.
Polizos is survived by his wife Dorothy, three children and five grandchildren.
Funeral services have not yet been announced at this time.
Geo quick facts: Montgomery is the capital city of Alabama. The black granite Civil Rights Memorial and adjacent exhibition center commemorate the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, a hub for the Montgomery bus boycott. Close by is the domed, 1850s Alabama State Capitol. East of downtown, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts displays porcelain and American and African art – wikipedia.