Anthony Amato, Founder of Amato Opera Theater on Bowery, Dies at 91
Anthony Amato, founder of the Amato Opera Theatre, a scrappy cultural landmark on the Bowery for decades, died Dec. 13. The cause was cancer. He was 91.
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