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The New York Racing Association, Inc., announced Monday that Cornacchia died on Sunday in New York of natural causes.
Cornacchia, a New York native raised in Queens, made a fortune manufacturing the popular board game Trivial Pursuit. He founded The Games Gang, which also produced Pictionary and Balderdash.
He partnered with B. Giles Brophy and William Condren to buy Strike the Gold as a 2-year-old in 1990, and won the Derby a year later.
Cornacchia and Condren won the 1994 Derby with Go For Gin and the 1996 Preakness with Louis Quatorze.
He served on the NYRA board of directors from 1998-2008.
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press
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June 29, 2011
To The Cornacchia Family,
My prayers are with you. What a truly giving person. May the pleasant memories that you have of his life bring you comfort in your time of grief. May you find strength from your family and friends. 10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness 22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
June 28, 2011
I SEEN MY CONDOLENCE TO THE FAMILY,I DID NOT KNOW MR CORNACCHIA,BUT NO MATTER WHO FAMILY OR FRIEND IT HURTS TO LOSS SOMEONE YOU TRULY LOVE.PLEASE FIND COMFORT AT LUKE 7:11-17.AW.HOUSTON,TX.
David Ferris
June 28, 2011
My heart goes out to his entire family. He was the greatest guy and man I have ever met in my entire life. I am proud and blessed to have had him as a friend. He truely touched and helped so many people, he will be dearly missed by so many. Heaven Awaits such a man, David Ferris, Brazil
R Golay
June 28, 2011
To the the family of Joseph Cornacchia - May God give you peace and comfort through his word and the Lord Jesus Christ during this time of sorrow, I know that he will be missed by many.
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