Rocco A. Amato，Rocco Anthony Amato was born in Philadelphia, PA on April 03, 1947. He was married for 31 years to his wife JoAnne Celia Amato (Soriano) until she passed in November, 2008. Together they had 4 children. Rocco died in March of 2012. The Bates Haunting was the last thing he filmed before he passed.