People are remembering Johnny Liakos. You may recognize him from the iconic weiner stand downtown

According to family members, he died yesterday, surrounded by family and friends, after suffering a heart attack. He worked at the Roanoke Weiner Stand for 54 years, until he was 80.

The store manager says he meant a lot to the area.

"He was like a dad to me, anytime anybody needed any help or anything he was always there, needed somebody to talk to, he was always there, he never, you know, was really mean to anybody, he was always, you know, happy," Tonia George, the store manager, said.

She says he loved working for the weiner stand, and he will be greatly missed. Liakos was 82 years old.