Arturo Bermudez; Offered Entertainment at Flower Shops

Arturo Bermudez, 52, who provided live piano music, colorful murals and political posters in his Arturo’s Flower Shops. Bermudez, a native Angeleno who espoused Latino causes, opened a chain of eight floral shops. His main shop at La Brea and Fountain avenues in West Hollywood included not one but two pianos with employees alternating at the keyboards and Bermudez singing the mostly Latin tunes. Once a month, he provided mariachi music for customers. On Saturday in Los Angeles of diabetes and kidney failure.