83-Year-Old Man Falls in Drain Pipe and Suffocates in Sewage

An elderly man who was the owner of a Queens pub died yesterday when he suffocated in sludge after slipping and falling while cleaning his sewer drain. 83-year-old Luigi Cerrone was discovered at 4:45 yesterday afternoon after he had fell into the sewage drain he had been cleaning. The News lists his business as Cafe People; the Post as Prince II. Both establishments appear to be listed at the same address on Northern Boulevard in Flushing. Cerrone had been married for sixty years and was a great-grandfather. Relatives at his Bayside home who talked to the local papers told them that "Everybody loved him," and simply that "people are crying over here."

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That's a shitty way to go.

Minutes earlier after getting in a fight with his wife she regrettably told him to "Eat shit and die".

I'm guessing that when either of you kick the bucket, the phrase "Everybody loved him" will not be heard.

Prince II is the Korean place, so I'm guessing it's Cafe People?

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