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Michael Halkias, owner of Grand Prospect Hall, dead of COVID-19
Michael Halkias, the owner of Brooklyn's Grand Prospect Hall who famously pitched his banquet facility in TV commercials as a place where dreams came true, died Wednesday after battling COVID-19, his family announced.