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Lawyer Frank Cannataro dies at 92

Frank Cannataro, an Italian immigrant who attended Columbia

Photo credit: Handout | Frank Cannataro, an Italian immigrant who attended Columbia University and built a 60-year law career in Nassau County, died. He was 92.

Frank Cannataro, an Italian immigrant who spoke no English when he arrived in New York City as a boy in 1929 but later attended Columbia University and built a 60-year law career in Nassau County, died Wednesday in Oceanside. He was 92.

Cannataro worked in his father's masonry and building business in Rockville Centre as a young man but had no taste for the job.

"It was physically demanding,...

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