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Los Angeles’ Italian festival was unexpectedly cancelled after CEO Joey Sorice, a popular comedian and founder of the event, died from a heart attack Saturday morning. The festival, scheduled for Sunday at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, would have marked its eighth year. Organizers communicated the cancellation through social media but faced criticism from some attendees who felt the event should continue in honor of Sorice. Fellow comedians like Ron Swallow expressed their sorrow over his death, describing him as a unique figure in the local entertainment community.
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Story summary
Joey Sorice, the CEO and co-founder of Los Angeles's popular Italian festival and a well-known comedian, died suddenly from a heart attack at his home on Saturday morning. As a result, the eighth edition of the festival, which was scheduled to take place on Sunday, October 4 at the iconic intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, was abruptly canceled. A member of the organizing team posted on Instagram asking people to help spread the cancellation information if attendees still showed up despite the last-minute notice. Some attendees were disappointed by the decision and suggested holding the event in Sorice's honor instead. The Little Italy Podcast expressed condolences, stating, "May his family find peace, and may his legacy live on in further years at the festival he so loved."
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Los Angeles popular Italian festival was abruptly cancelled after it’s found died suddenly on the eve of the eighth edition.
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it → cancel → edition
Joey Sorice, the CEO of the festival and a comedian, suffered a heart attack at his home Saturday morning, organizers announced.
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organizers → suffer → home
The event was supposed to have been held at the iconic intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, on Sunday, Oct. 4.
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event → suppose → Sunday
A member of the organizing team posted on Instagram, requesting people to share cancellation information at the festival venue if people still showed despite the last minute cancellation.
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people → organize → cancellation
“I was able to contact the food vendors to cancel them but I was unable to find where Joey kept the information on merchandise vendors,” the team member wrote.
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member → contact → vendors
“We were just preparing a piece about tomorrow’s festival when we heard this sad news.
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we → prepare → news
May his family find peace, and may his legacy live on in further years at the festival he so loved,” the Little Italy Podcast posted.
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Podcast → find → festival
However, some disappointed would-be attendees said organizers should have gone ahead with the festival.
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organizers → say → festival
“Wouldn’t it make sense to hold the event in his honor?,” Caitlin Haurie commented on Instragram.
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Haurie → make → Instragram
Sorice was widely recognized as half of the comedy team Jimmy and Joey, a duo whose impact earned them a permanent spot on the walls of The Comedy Store.
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impact → recognize → Store
The duo had also auditioned for season 10 of America’s Got Talent.
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duo → audition → Talent
Members of the local entertainment community and comedy scene in LA mourned his loss.
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Members → mourn → loss
Ron Swallow, a fellow comedian, called him an “interesting guy” and that “the world will be a little less jolly and hopeful without him.”
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world → call → him
“We have done some of the craziest gigs and I watched his duo act crush in rooms that made no sense for it to crush in.
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it → do → sense
I’m sad that I’ll never get a call asking me to do some wild ass project with him,” Swallow posted on social media.
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Swallow → ’m → media
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