Diane Romano, President of the Cherry Grove Community Association, Inc., reported on December 22 that Richard Cataldi AKA Fluffy and Original Fluffy, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cherry Grove, Fire Island, and formerly of Chelsea, New York City, passed away on the evening of December 21 “due to complications of pneumonia brought on by Covid-19.”
Richard/Fluffy had been a theatrical agent, sole proprietor of the Cataldi Richard Agency, at 180 Seventh Avenue, in New York City, representing Broadway performers. A resident of Cherry Grove since the early 1970s, Richard/Fluffy performed in Arts Project of Cherry Grove theatrical productions, such as Sal Piro’s “Class/Reunion” in 2002, as well as many of Donald Labohn’s Doctor’s Fund Benefit shows. Diane wrote, of the latter, “His numbers always, always brought the house down … He always said he wanted to be remembered LAUGHING!”
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