The publisher of Salon City Media and BE! Magazine, Steve Casciola, lost his battle with cancer and it with great regret that we report his passing. Casciola and hs wife, Annie Casciola, were professional beauty industry veterans and enthusiastic champions of the business and its people.

"Steve was always a big support to me; always looking for a new way to approach his work and this industry," shared Marco Pelusi,Marco Pelusi Hair Studio, Inc. " I'll miss him. He had a way of bringing people together, and he was a true supporter of the independent, entrepreneurial spirit. We have to take a time-out to acknowledge him, and I send good thoughts to his wonderful wife Annie."

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