Born in Italy, Nico Jacobellis came to Cleveland in 1948 after receiving a scholarship to Western Reserve University. Before becoming manager of the Heights Art Theater in 1958, he acted at the Cleveland Play House, hosted ethnic radio programs on WDOK and WHK, and edited a weekly Italian-language newspaper. Jacobellis stepped down as manager of the theater in 1967 and became an advertising executive for 20th Century Fox, moving to New York in 1969. He died in White Plains, New York in 2000. | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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