Lou Lombardo (filmmaker)
Lombardo and his wife, Lynn, had two daughters and a son, Tony Lombardo, who also became a film editor. In addition to his son, Lombardo mentored Dennis M. Hill and Paul Rubell in the early stages of their careers. Lombardo was interviewed about his career by Vincent LoBrutto in 1991. In that same year, he suffered a stroke that left him comatose until his death in 2002.
List of Third Watch characters
Joe was Jimmy's best friend - this led to Jimmy even naming his son after him. Joe is the 3rd generation of his family to have the name "Joe Lombardo." He was dating Linda, who slept with Jimmy at Jimmy's engagement party, and became pregnant. When Joe found out, he slugged Jimmy in the face. Later, Jimmy was missing in a burning building, and Joe forgot their differences to go back inside and find him. Jimmy escaped and wanted to go back for Joe, but it was not safe. Luckily, Joe was rescued and taken to hospital, where he married Linda from his hospital bed. Played by Nick Sandow.