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Expectant Grandpa From Hackensack Passes Suddenly, Pascack Valley Rallies For Family
Clouds had finally parted for Mike Mancinelli after what had been a particularly dark series of losses. Then, in an instant, he too was gone.
The Park Ridge native had just recently learned that he was at last becoming a grandfather. He'd been out for an early breakfast Wednesday with his daughter, Paula, who’s expecting a boy.
Later that day, a massive heart attack took his life.
“He was so excited to be a grandpa,” wrote his niece, Jennifer Mancinelli. “Finally something happy in Mike’s life - he would soon be getting baby hugs.”
Mancinelli, 62, had worked in the printing industry for …
