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A
restaurant owner who served what was billed as the world's hottest
curry has died from a heart attack.
Abdul Latif, 52, offered his
famous hot curry - dubbed Curry Hell - free to any diner who could
finish it at his Newcastle restaurant.
Mr Latif became a lord of the
manor after buying the title of the Lord of Harpole for £5,000.
He died at his home in Gosforth,
Newcastle, in the early hours of 20th January.
A colleague at his restaurant
Curry Capital, who did not want to be named, said: ''He was a very
nice man. All the people loved him, he will be very much missed.''
Mr Latif's restaurant, which used to be called Rupali, enjoyed a
high profile in recent years.
It featured in the North-East
based cult comic Viz and is in the Guinness Book of Records for the
world's longest-distance curry delivery - from Newcastle to Sydney.
Bangladeshi-born Mr Latif offered
free curries for life to England rugby star Jonny Wilkinson and
former Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness.
In 2003, he offered free meals
for five years to all British servicemen and women who served in Iraq.
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