while working at his restaurant Wednesday night, his business partner told The Post.
Katakis had been in his office next door when heard what happened, ran inside the pizzeria and saw Bellucci turning purple on the floor surrounded by staff, who had called 911. “I saw his last breath leave as I was giving him chest compressions. It was really sad,” Katakis said. “To me, he was my mentor.”his former and rival business, Bellucci’s Pizza after a bitter feud with his ex-business partner Leo Dakmak.Within 15 minutes of Bellucci posting his departure on social media, Katakis said he “convinced him to come into my office, we had a two-hour meeting and decided to become partners.
However, his career was interrupted by a stint behind bars for embezzling funds from a law firm where he previously worked. He shared a cell at Otisville Correctional Facility in upstate New YorkHe then spent 16 years driving a cab before perfecting the pizza craft all over the world, from Malaysia, Hawaii, China, Thailand and Michigan.Andrew Bellucci’s Pizzeria will be open Friday, and all proceeds will go toward charity and Bellucci’s funeral expenses.