Lumachi died early Saturday in a car accident in Florida, where he was attending a conference in St. Petersburg. He founded the news website Long Beach Post.com with Robert Garcia, now an elected city councilman in Long Beach. Lumachi was publisher at the time of his death, as well an active civic leader and "rising star" in Long Beach. LBPost, Press-Telegram
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