Services for late UCLA SID Rich Bertolucci to be held Friday

Rich Bertolucci (UCLA Athletics)

Rich Bertolucci (UCLA Athletics)

Rich Bertolucci, a longtime UCLA sports information director, passed away on July 28 after his battle with cancer. He was 56.

Bertolucci’s funeral services will be held on Friday, Aug. 7 at 11 a.m., at St. Paul the Apostle Church (10750 Ohio Avenue, Los Angeles). His family asked that donations be made in lieu of flowers to the Wooden Athletic Fund through UCLA Athletics; the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Research Foundation; the Paulist Fathers (c/o St. Paul the Apostle Church); or a favorite charity or organization.

The associate SID had been in his 34th year as part of the UCLA sports information staff, having been hired after graduating from Santa Clara University. He is survived by his wife Mary Ann; his daughter Juliet; his parents, Frank and Joy; and his siblings, Linda and Dave. He also had 14 brothers- and sisters-in-law, and was an uncle to 25 nieces and nephews.