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Journal ObitMan's Journal: Joe Piscopo Dead at Age 50

Actor Joe Piscopo Dead at Age 50
Mr. Piscopo was best known for frequently playing Frank Sinatra on NBC's Saturday Night Live
Other performances include the guy in the trench coat in Billy Joel's "Keepin' The Faith" music video.
Graduated from high school in 1969
Graduated from Jones College in Jacksonville,Florida
Did his first stand-up comedy act at Improvisation in Manhattan for $25 a night
Remained at Improvisation Comedy Club for four years
Joined "Saturday Night Live" in the fall of 1980 and debuted on November 15, 1980
In 1994 opened "Jerry Joe's Gym" in New Jersey
Joe sat out of show business briefly while he underwent treatment for thyroid cancer.
Joe is survived by his wife Kimberly Driscoll and two children, Joseph Jonathan ("Joey"), born in 1979, and Alexandra, born in 1999.

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Joe Piscopo Dead at Age 50

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