Mario

On October 4, 2006, MARIO CARDILLO; beloved husband of Barbara Cardillo; devoted father of Deborah Zinser, Gary Merly and Ronald Merly; dear brother of Michael, Anthony, Joseph and Pat Cardillo, Nancy Van Scoy, Carmen Milici, Dolores Snyder and the late Thomas Cardillo. The family will receive friends at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A) Saturday 3 to 5 P.M., where a Prayer Service will be held at 5 P.M. The family suggests memorial contributions in his name to St. Judes Children's Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Box 318, Memphis, TN 38101.

For at least a generation of pop-culture consumers, the soundtrack of their lives has included themes from the likes of Mega Man and Super Mario. As they've grown up, the music of video games has branched out - to solo piano, to rock concerts and to symphonic performances. Among the developments is the University of Maryland's Gamer Symphony Orchestra, whose 100-plus members will take to the stage at College Park's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 4. "The quality of video-game music has grown exponentially over the years," says Joel Guttman, president-elect of the group, which specializes in arranging and performing pieces taken from the background music on video games such as Halo, Sonic the Hedgehog and Final Fantasy.

On April 15, 2007, MARIO "Mack" ROSSILLI of Joppa, MD, beloved husband of Carol Virginia Rossilli, devoted father of Mario "Mack" Rossilli, Caesar Rossilli and his wife Christine, Monica Goeller and her husband Paul; loving sister of Ann Rossilli-Tasaki and her husband Keiji and the late Corinne Haggerty. Also survived by four grandchildren, Paul, "Ziggy" Goeller, Steven Goeller, Dominic Rossilli and Joseph Rossilli. A service will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD, on Friday, April 20, 2007, at 11 A.M. Interment will be Bel Air Memorial Gardens, Bel Air, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the LBDA, P.O. Box 451429, Atlanta, GA, 31145-9429.

Each week The Sun's John McIntyre presents a moderately obscure but evocative word with which you may not be acquainted, another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. This week's word: SKINT You may find yourself momentarily embarrassed when the check arrives, or impecunious, penurious, or flat-out stony broke. But if you want a succinct term, you can use skint . It's British, a variant of skinned , and thus metaphorically redolent.

On February 2, 2004, MARIO ANTONAZZI, father of Bobbi Antonazzi Jensen, brother of Ida Grasso and Frank Antonazzi. A Memorial Service will be held at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, Charlestown Retirement Community, on Tuesday, February 10, at 2 p.m. The family will receive guests at 1:30 p.m. Contributions may be made to The Art Students League, 215 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019.

On December 10, 2003, MARIO JOHN MAURO, SR., of Perryville, MD. Beloved husband of Regina I. Mauro. Please call McComas Funeral Home, P.A., (410-676-4600) for arrangement information.

On January 1, 2009 MARIO ANTOINE WILLIAMS. On Thursday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Rd. from 4:00-8:00 p.m. On Friday, Mr. Williams will lie in state at Macadonia Baptist Church, 718 W. Lafayette Ave., where the family will receive friends from 10:30-11:30 a.m. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-655-0015.

R&B singer and Baltimore native Mario will appear at Mondawmin Mall Wednesday at a teen summit. The event is open to young people citywide and attendees will have a chance to ask the star questions. Other "celebrities" appearing on the panel include: Ray Lucas, president of 100 Black Men Baltimore chapter Sonja, a former 92 Q disc jockey Keion Carpenter - a former NFL Atlanta Falcon who's from Baltimore              Tori Nelson - middleweight women's boxing champion  The release also lists mall General Manager Romaine Smallwood-Smoot as one of the attractions.

Mario Armstrong is all about making connections. As a technology commentator on NBC's "Today" show, CNN and NPR, among others, the Baltimore native knows how to effortlessly translate high-tech topics for low-tech audiences. Early in his career, he was the first chief technology advocate in Baltimore City government for then-Mayor Martin O'Malley. Amid his national gigs, the Emmy Award-winner also hosts "The Digital Cafe" on WYPR. Despite his expertise, when it comes to travel, Armstrong doesn't exactly have a teleport.

No one's life was changed more by I'll Have Another's Triple Crown chase than 25-year-old jockey Mario Gutierrez . While his winning form on the colt far from guarantees even that the jockey will get on great horses -- that side of the sport is very volatile, especially in California where so many of the top jockeys live -- he's now known to every single trainer in the country. They'll at least give him chances to prove he should ride their most promising horses. He's also become an international star, stirring interest in racing in his adopted home of Vancouver, his actual home of Mexico and, of course, here.

Oxygen's second season of “The Glee Project,” which premieres at 10 tonight (June 5), features a unique and talented Maryland native with a powerful story. Lanham's Mario Arnauz Bonds, 24, identifies himself as a, singer, songwriter, actor and dancer. But one thing that sets him apart is that he was born with Morning Glory Syndrome, which, at the age of 9, caused him to go completely blind. Mario does not allow his disability to hold him back from the competition. We talked with Mario via email about the people who inspired him, his love for performing and how his blindness has actually helped his musicality.

Pasquale Mario "Pat" Ercolano, a retired produce manager, died Tuesday of pneumonia at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 88. Born in Rome and raised in Sorrento, Italy, Mr. Ercolano was educated in public schools. As a teenager, he served as a steward on Italian merchant ships in the Mediterranean. With the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the Italian navy and served as a radio operator aboard submarines. Wounded, he was taken prisoner by the British in 1943 after a sea battle between the Bronzo, an Italian submarine, and British minesweepers off the coast of Sicily, and spent the remainder of the war in a prisoner-of-war camp in Suez.

News Roundup •••• Microsoft will not be announcing a new Xbox console at E3 this summer or "anytime soon. " I suppose it makes sense to wait it out until they've replaced literally every console that's gotten the Red Ring of Death. [ PC Magazine ] •••• The video game BAFTAs were held on Friday night in London, with "Portal 2" taking top honors. Since awards are super-relevant and worth arguing about, I'm going to note that I disagree with most of the winners.

Singer Mario knows from first-hand experience how it is to grow up with a parent with substance abuse problems and now he wants to use what he knows to help other kids. The Baltimore native, whose mother has suffered from drug abuse for years, is using his non-profit to help prevent substance abuse in middle and high school students in the Baltimore area. The Mario Do Right Foundation will house the program at the REACH! School, a Baltimore school that focuses on getting kids into college.

The Ravens got a reprieve when the Houston Texans placed Mario Williams on injured reserve after the outside linebacker tore a pectoral muscle in the Sunday's 25-20 loss to the Oakland Raiders. Williams - who got his fifth sack of the season on the play that he sustained his injury - was replaced by Brooks Reed, a rookie who finished with four tackles and two quarterback hits against the Raiders. But Reed is no Williams, which is music to the ears of Ravens left tackle Bryant McKinnie.