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Ernani Bernardi also known as Noni Bernardi and Nani Bernardi was a big-band musician turned politician in Los Angeles, California. He represented District 7 on the City Council there from 1961 to 1993, making him the second-longest-serving council member in the history of the city. He was also the musical arranger for two of the mid-20th century's most popular dance melodies. ==Biography== Bernardi was born on October 29, 1911〔(Los Angeles Public Library reference file )〕 above a grocery store his family owned in Standard, Illinois, the son of musician Alfonso Bernardi and Nerina Biagini. His parents were immigrants who came to America by way of Ellis Island, from a small town in the province of Modena in the Emilia Romagna. His mother died in childbirth, and he was raised by his father, two grandmothers, an aunt and an uncle. When he was eleven, he was moved to the nearby town of Toluca, Illinois, where he later played varsity basketball.〔(Richard Simon, "Bernardi's Iconoclasm Brings Acclaim, Enmity," ''Los Angeles Times,'' San Fernando Valley edition, April 3, 1989 )〕〔(Rick Orlov, "Valley's Ardent Fighter, 94, Dies," ''Los Angeles Daily News," ) posted January 7, 2006, at Political-Graveyard〕 Bernardi attended the University of Detroit, where he planned to study journalism and become a sportscaster. He was playing saxophone in a dance band at Detroit's Graystone Ballroom when he met Lucille May Sawasky of Port Arthur, Ontario. They were married in 1933 and lived in Detroit briefly before moving to New York. The couple had four children, Joanne Marie Roots, Judith Ann, John Paul and (Ernani) James.〔 They settled in Los Angeles in 1939 or 1940, and Bernardi began his second career as a contractor, building custom homes. After their children were grown, Lucille Bernardi went to work in the county probation department as a records clerk. When older, she suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and Bernardi, by then a City Council member, would bring her to work with him from their home in Van Nuys〔〔 to watch television in his office.〔(Jack Cheevers, "Lucille Bernardi Dies," ''Los Angeles Times,'' October 13, 1993 )〕 She died in 1993. Ernani Bernardi remarried in November 2001 to Eve Troutman.〔("Former Councilman Gets Hospital Tests," ''Los Angeles Times,'' December 20, 2011 )〕 Bernardi was described at age 74 in 1985 as "crusty, . . . short, bald and bespectacled,"〔 and four years later he was said to have "a puckish sense of humor."〔 As he aged, his hearing deteriorated, and he wore special headphones at council meetings so he could hear what was going on.〔〔(Richard Simon, "Bernardi Continues His Long Solo in City Politics," ''Los Angeles Times,'' March 22, 1993 )〕 Even at age 86, he had "a booming voice and aggressive style."〔 He died of heart failure at the age of 94 on January 4, 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernani Bernardi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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