Michael James Galeota (August 28, 1984 – January 10, 2016) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Nick Lighter in the
Disney Channel series ''
The Jersey
''The Jersey'' is an American comedy television series based on the '' Monday Night Football Club'' books by Gordon Korman. The series aired on Disney Channel from January 30, 1999, to March 23, 2004.
Premise
Nick Lighter, Morgan Hudson, Colem ...
''.
Early life
Galeota was born in
Smithtown, New York
Smithtown is a town in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. The population was 116,296 at the 2020 Census.
The census-designated place (CDP) of Smithtown lies within the town ...
. He had three brothers: David, Tony, and Jimmy. Galeota graduated from
Bellarmine-Jefferson High School
Bellarmine-Jefferson High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Burbank, California. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The school was reopened in 2019 as St. John Paul II STEM Academy, which later clo ...
in 2002.
Death
In January 2016, Galeota was hospitalized after complaining of abdominal pains, but left treatment against doctor's orders.
On January 10, he was found dead by a friend at his home in
Glendale, California. He was 31 years old. No precise cause of death was released, but the Los Angeles County Coroner's office stated that Galeota had several health problems, including
hypertension and
high cholesterol
Hypercholesterolemia, also called high cholesterol, is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is a form of hyperlipidemia (high levels of lipids in the blood), hyperlipoproteinemia (high levels of lipoproteins in the blood), ...
. He also suffered from
diverticulitis. An autopsy was pending
On September 12, 2016, it was revealed Galeota died as a result of
cardiovascular disease and hypertension.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1984 births
2016 deaths
American male child actors
American male television actors
Male actors from New York (state)
American people of Italian descent
People from Smithtown, New York
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
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