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Joe Massimino, 63, the longtime bandleader and pianist for “The Mike Douglas Show.”
June 1, 2000
Entertainment & Arts
Joe Massimino, the longtime “The Mike Douglas Show” bandleader and pianist who became as well known in Orange County later in life for the Italian food he offered at his Tustin deli, has died of complications of stomach cancer.
May 31, 2000
Technology Blog
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Oct. 13, 2009
Music
I was delighted to read Saturday’s (Dec. 6) View article on Joe Massimino, the pianist and deli owner who gives concerts outside his store in Tustin on Sundays (“Deli-cious Jazz Served Sundays” by Patrick Mott).
Dec. 27, 1986
To hear Joe Massimino tell it, he would never have impressed Tommy Dorsey, or gone on to a career as pianist to the stars, if his father hadn’t sat him down at an early age to listen to “T.D.’
July 28, 1992
When Sue Raney and Joe Massimino appear tonight at Orange Coast College, the singer and the pianist-bandleader will have only known each other, musically speaking, for about seven hours.
May 14, 1994
World & Nation
For the first time ever, NASA astronauts will take part in the New Year’s Eve countdown in Times Square.
Dec. 31, 2013
Sports
Rollie Massimino’s Las Vegas, as opposed to Jerry Tarkanian’s Las Vegas, is a one-stoplight town.
Nov. 13, 1992
Nearly two dozen top Southland jazz musicians will come together on Friday to play at a memorial service for pianist Joe Massimino, who died May 24 of complications from stomach cancer.
June 13, 2000
Rollie Massimino, who coached Villanova to an NCAA basketball championship in 1985 but faltered as Jerry Tarkanian’s successor at Nevada Las Vegas less than a decade later, was hired Tuesday as the coach at Cleveland State.
May 1, 1996