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- ↑ "Gerald D'Agostino" (PDF). Brockport Community Museum. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Gerald D'Agostino". Brockport State Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ↑ "D'Agostino Passes Away". Galveston Daily News. July 2, 1988. Retrieved July 21, 2018.