VINCENT and ANDREW ABATE: Brothers
at Work and Play
By
day, Vincent and Andrew Abate traded bonds at Cantor
Fitzgerald. In the evenings, after long days, the
brothers unwound by shooting hoops or batting handballs
together. On summer weekends, Andrew and his wife,
Carolyn, often drove to Vincent's rented house on the
Jersey Shore for Vincent's barbecue or Andrew's grilled
teriyaki.
Vincent, 44, at left, a longtime Cantor Fitzgerald
employee, brought Andrew, 37, at right, into the company
three years ago. Vincent lived alone in a brownstone in
Brooklyn. Hard-driving and impulsive, he was known to hop
a plane to Las Vegas for the weekend, on the spur of the
moment.
Andrew and Carolyn had a house in Melville, N.Y., that
they were enlarging and renovating. They liked to relax
in scenic places and had just returned from a tour of
Route 1 on the California coast. "They did a lot of
things," said Joe Vito, a cousin. "They had good
lives."
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