Owner of Big Tuna's restaurant dies

— A well-known and liked Oak Creek resident died while scuba diving in the Florida Keys.

Mark Littman, who owned Big Tuna's restaurant with his wife, Karrie, died Saturday, according to a family friend.

The Littmans went to Florida at the end of April. They had been going around the state scuba diving before traveling to the Bahamas for an annual fishing trip.

The couple was on their first dive of the morning, near Key Largo, when Mark Littman died while on the surface of the water.

The official cause of death has not been determined.

He was 47 years old.

A local memorial service is tentatively planned for Saturday, but the details have not been finalized.

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