Eric Vincent Cilurzo

       Eric Vincent Cilurzo was born in Elmira New York January 22nd 1950 to Vinchenzo and Donna Cilurzo. Shortly after his family moved to southern California. Residing in the Burbank Los Felis area.

    At the age of 7 Eric picked up his love for music and learned to play the guitar and sing. He would go on to continue music throughout his life playing in many bands which allowed him to flourish in his song writing ability. 

     Eric grew up very close to the television industry since his father worked in that industry. Eric would often times get to visit set and see tapings of many shows. When he was 18 he because a stage hand and worked on many different sets, one of which was Stanford and Sons.

     Eric met his wife while playing music and the married in 1976. Eric had two daughters, Erica and Andrea.

      Eric moved away from the LA area when his family purchased land in Temecula Ca. Eric helped plant Temecula's first commercial vineyard, which is now the present day site of Maurice Carrie Vineyard. Eric continued to work in the wine industry at Cilurzo Vineyard and Winery for many years until his family sold in 2004. 

    Eric lead a good life and was a hard working honest man; who had a love for lifting weights, music and flying kites. 

     Eric passed away to be with his lord and savior on September 28th 2022 of stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was preceded in death by his wife Anna, daughters Erica and Andrea and four grandchildren Seth, Rozlynn, Evalynn, and Sergio.