Anthony Seminerio
Anthony Seminerio, 75, was a former correction officer who served more than 30 years in the New York State Assembly representing southwest Queens. Former colleague Mark Weprin said he was good-hearted and an outspoken advocate for his constituents, and that he had stomach and bleeding problems. He died at the medical center of the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina, where he had been in federal custody for less than a year, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman. The Bureau of Prisons did not give a cause or manner of death, and the sources give differing dates for his death. He is survived by his wife Catherine, son John and daughters Anna and Mabel.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
Reported by: Edmond Ross, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.