John Scorzelli Jr. of Riverhead dies at 46

Originally published: October 3, 2012 8:39 PM
Updated: October 3, 2012 9:06 PM
By NELSON OLIVEIRA nelson.oliveira@newsday.com

Photo credit: Handout | John Scorzelli Jr., a physician assistant at Brookhaven Hospital and Winthrop-University Hospital, died in a car accident on Sept. 29, 2012. He was 46. Newsday's obituary for John Scorzelli Jr.

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John Scorzelli Jr., a beach-loving physician assistant from Riverhead, died Saturday in a car crash at 46.

Scorzelli was married 13 years and had two sons -- Odin, 9, and Honor, who turns 8 this weekend.

"He was very humble and intelligent," said his wife, Maria Montalbano Scorzelli, who is also a physician assistant. "He was a magnificent man who happened to be very handsome."

Scorzelli...

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