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Mario Cannizzaro Marriage to Antoinette Acquista

Mario's first wife was Antoinetta Acquista. They were married on August 15, 1931 when he was 35 and she was 23. Antoinetta was born in New York City in 1908, the daughter of Rosario Acquista and Maria Cavaleri. Antoinetta was eight months pregnant when she contracted Eclampsia, a complication associated with the pregnancy. She died 10 months after the marriage, on June 8, 1932. She was only 24 years old. She was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York. The unborn child did not survive.

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