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Russell Ciolli, pizzeria owner, dies at 39
Photo credit: Scott Mehling/Scott Mehling | This undated handout photo shows Russell Ciolli.
Russell Hunter Ciolli was as much a people guy as he was a pizza guy, known for the thin-crusted pies that came out of the coal oven at his restaurant, Grimaldi's in Garden City.
"He loved taking care of people," said Dean La Lima, a family spokesman. Ciolli, who lived in East Meadow and was the father of two young children, died Wednesday at 39 after a heart attack following a kickboxing...
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