Owner of Hollywood-centric Elegant Lady Cheesecake Parlor dies

Owner of Hollywood-centric Elegant Lady Cheesecake Parlor dies

One of the more whimsical spots on Longboat Key is tucked into the shops on Whitney Plaza. Customers seeking gourmet donuts or cheesecake find themselves in old Hollywood, the walls decorated with film scripts and a towering Oscar statute greeting them. The man behind the silver screen magic at Elegant Lady Cheesecake Parlor, Gary Hagen, 74, died the afternoon of Aug. 3. His sister, Kim Smith, has closed the shop in the wake of his passing.Smith…