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Amityville music teacher Chris LaMarca, 57, dies

The wildly popular educator and accomplished jazz musician,

Photo credit: Handout | The wildly popular educator and accomplished jazz musician, Chris LaMarca, a graduate of Amityville Memorial High School himself, died. He was 57.

Through music, Chris LaMarca of West Babylon tapped the talents of a generation of Amityville students, steering some into music careers and sending off others with greater appreciation for the art form he loved and taught so well.

The wildly popular educator and accomplished jazz musician, a graduate of Amityville Memorial High School himself, died Sunday. He was 57.

"So many of Chris'...

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