[2] Altieri went on to receive his bachelor's degree in dramatic literature from Duke University.,[2] serving as president of Hoof 'n' Horn, its student-run theater company.
[2] Much of Altieri's career centered on a series of successful stints in regional California theaters.
[2] His stage credits included The Two Gentlemen of Verona, which was performed in San Jose, California; The Threepenny Opera, performed in Long Beach, California and Romance by David Mamet, which ran in San Diego.
[1][2] He had been in the city for a performance of Jersey Boys, where he had joined the theater company for an extended period of time.
[1][2] His funeral was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Brockton, Massachusetts.