Ridge-born bar manager dies in Manhattan
Ridgeite Sean Verdi, 23, died on Wednesday morning, October 29, after being found unconscious in the bathtub of a friend’s Manhattan apartment, said police, according to a report in the New York Daily News.
He died about an hour after being rushed to Saint Luke’s Hospital, reportedly due possibly to an accidental drug overdose. The results of an autopsy have yet to be completed.
The son of third-generation restaurant owner Steven Colandrea, of New Corner Restaurant, worked as a club manager at Bar-Tini Ultra Lounge and was well-liked in the neighborhood. He recently graduated with a degree in bioengineering from New Jersey’s Stevens Institute of Technology.