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When longtime friend, Richard Conte started this toy soldier company, it proved a perfect opportunity for both to work together as Conte Collectibles could recreate Mr. Troiani's works as exquisite miniature figurines. The series will focus on the Civil War but will also include other periods from Mr. Troiani's wide range of expertise such as the French and Indian War, The American Revolution and The War of 1812.
With his family, Mr. Troiani owned and operated the Musketeer Lounge in Market Square, the Pilot House on the Monongahela Wharf, Guili's Landmark on Fourth Avenue, the Nottingham Country Club in Nottingham, PaPa J's Ristorante in Carnegie, Cafe PaPa J's in Mt. Lebanon, PaPa J's Mercato in the Strip District and PaPa J's Centro in Downtown.
A relative who lives in Navelli told him the churches would ring their bells to announce his father's death. Mr. Troiani liked to travel and visited the pyramids in Egypt and the white cliffs of Dover on the British coastline. He came back from those trips with ideas that he incorporated into his businesses.
In addition to his wife and two sons, survivors include daughters Kimberly Walker of Ocala, Fla., Tracy DiGiacomo of Naples, Fla., Kelly Garrity of Santa Monica, Calif., and Jacquelene Troiani of Mt. Washington; sons Louis Troiani of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Julius Troiani Jr. of Naples Fla.; sisters Dolores Zanello of Scott, Connie Kelsey of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Carol Tortorea and Toni Lauro of Greentree and Theresa Mitchell of Beechview; and eight grandchildren.
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