[zorvtcvn] The real Apu

According to legend, Kwik-E-Mart on The Simpsons and its proprietor Apu Nahasapeemapetilon were created by Simpson's writer (and later talk-show host) Conan O'Brien based on the real convenience store across the street from Mather House at Harvard University.  O'Brien lived in Mather while an undergraduate student at Harvard, and both frequented the convenience store and often looked at it from his dorm room window.

According to Google Maps, the convenience store is Louie's Superette, 26 Surrey St., Cambridge.

The character of Apu has recently been eliminated from The Simpsons to satisfy political correctness.  Has the owner of Louie's Superette been informed that his or her character has been eliminated as a gesture of respect?  How does he or she feel about it?