Judy Mazel Dies

Judy Mazel, author of "The Beverly Hills Diet," a 1981 bestseller that helped jump-start the age of the diet book even though its pineapple-heavy regimen was dismissed as nonsense by mainstream nutritionists, has died. She was 63.

Mazel, a longtime resident of Pacific Palisades, died Oct. 12 of complications from peripheral vascular disease at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, said Victoria Marechal, a close friend.

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Mazel is survived by her sisters, Carol Friduss of Chicago and Ann Manaster of La Jolla.

A memorial will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, 17190 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades.

Rest In Peace, Judy.