ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Frank C. "Papa" Mangione, father of jazz musicians Chuck and Gap Mangione, died Monday at age 91.
Mangione worked at Eastman Kodak Co., ran a grocery store for about two decades and returned to the photography company until his retirement in 1975. For the next 15 years, he sold music and merchandise on worldwide tours with his more famous son, Chuck, a flugelhorn ace.
A son of Italian immigrants, Mangione's childhood was chronicled by his brother, Jerry, in a best-selling 1942 memoir called "Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life."
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Three of Chuck Mangione's songs, "60 Miles Young," "70 Miles Young" and "Papa Mangione," were dedicated to his father.