Michael Smolyansky, president and chief executive officer of Lifeway Foods, has died following a heart attack.
Smolyansky died on Sunday, Steve Simon, a spokesman for the Morton Grove, Illinois-based company said. Smolyansky#;s daughter Julie Smolyanksy will assume the role of president, said Simon.
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