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'We Lost A Hero': Aneurysm Takes Beloved Bergen Educator, Firefighter, Church Music Leader, 49
Death came suddenly and without warning for beloved educator, firefighter and church music director Basil Pizzuto of Saddle Brook, leaving legions who knew him shocked, saddened and more than a bit shaken.
Pizzuto, an assistant principal at Ridgewood High School, was at work when an aortic aneurysm struck on Wednesday, Nov. 23, a day before he and loved ones had expected to celebrate both Thanksgiving and his 50th birthday.
It was a gut punch that spread through multiple communities of those who knew and loved Pizzuto -- from the village's public schools to the Saddle Brook Fire Department…
Paramus Catholic Football Player, 20, Girlfriend Dead In Ohio Crash
A North Jersey native and his girlfriend were killed over the weekend in an Ohio crash, authorities said.
Richard "Pudge" Turner, Jr. 20, and Laiken Nicole Salyers, 23, were heading eastbound on Dairy Lane near the intersection of South Park Drive in a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, when the driver lost control on an icy roadway, Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
The car failed to negotiate a curve and slid off the left side of the road and overturned on its top into a creek, becoming partially submerged, police said. The crash was reported around 8:30 a.m., Dec. 27 to the Athens Post of the…