The Buzz | Kerry Simon, Las Vegas ‘Iron Chef’ winner, dies at 60

Kerry Simon, a former “Iron Chef” champ who served up dishes to rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and Mötley Crüe, has died.
Simon died Friday morning at a hospice facility in Las Vegas, according to his business partner, Cory Harwell. He was 60.
Simon was diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy, a degenerative neurological disorder, and died from complications related to the disease.
Harwell, who met Simon in 2009, said he did not let his disorder keep him from doing what he wanted to, which was open restaurants. Simon operated restaurants at several Las Vegas hotels. He and Harwell formed their own restaurant-hospitality management group in 2013 and opened four restaurants together with a fifth one still on the horizon.