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Added information about Norma's at duh and Norma's death
| date_of_birth =[[November 29]], [[1951]]
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| date_of_death =[[September 23]], [[2017]]
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| occupation =Restaurateur
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'''Norma Fleming Murray''' (b. [[1951]]-[[2017]]) is was a Pensacola businesswoman who owns owned the trio series of [[Norma's]] restaurants, which she started in [[1988]] with Norma's Potpourri Café, a lunch counter in the [[Dillard's]] department store in [[Cordova Mall]] and has since . She later added two locations in [[downtown Pensacola]], Norma's on the Run and Norma's on the Bay. Her last restaurant was Norma's at duh on 9th Avenue. Before entering the restaurant business, she was a teacher for seven years and a stay-at-home mom for another seven.
In [[2002]] she published a cookbook, ''[[As Always]]'', containing more than 100 of her recipes.
In [[2007]] she purchased the site of the [[William F. Lee House]], demolished after [[Hurricane Ivan]], from [[West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc.]] for $625,000. The lot at [[Alcaniz Street]] and [[Bayfront Parkway]] was previously considered by [[Robert de Varona]] for the site of his [[Varona's]] restaurant, but when he chose a different location, Murray was able to buy it for her [[Lee House Bed & Breakfast]] project, planned to open in [[2009]].
In [[2013]] she opened Norma's at duh, located at 501 N [[9th Ave]].
Norma Fleming Murray died at age 65 on [[September 23]], [[2017]], after a recurrence of cancer. Norma's at duh, the last of the Norma restaurants still in business, closed on [[October 20]], [[2017]].
PNJ coverage:
Iconic Pensacola restaurateur Norma Fleming Murray dies from cancer
[http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2017/09/27/pensacola-norma-fleming-murray-dies-cancer/708034001/]
Popular Pensacola restaurant Norma's at duh will close after death of namesake
[http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2017/10/10/pensacola-normas-duh-close-death-norma-fleming-murray/750361001/]
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[[Category:Restaurateurs|Murray, Norma]]
