Marriage and Death
In 1985, nearly eighty years old, Antonelli married Kay Mauchly, the widow of computer pioneer John Mauchly and herself one of the first computer programmers. They enjoyed nearly nine years of marriage before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He died in 1995, just before their tenth wedding anniversary.
Severo is a first cousin of retired Major League Baseball pitcher, Johnny Antonelli.
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