PASSINGS

Joseph Zambelli; Fireworks Master

Joseph Zambelli, 80, the fireworks master whose pyrotechnic displays delighted generations of July 4 revelers and entertained six presidents. Zambelli, whose Italian immigrant father founded the family pyrotechnics business in 1920, was director of operations at Zambelli Internationale, which put on pyrotechnic displays for six consecutive presidents, including President Reagan, and was the official provider of fireworks at the inaugurations of Reagan and President Jimmy Carter. For 25 years, Zambelli also staged the annual Fourth of July display at the Washington Monument and the July 4 Bicentennial celebration in 1976. In New Castle, Pa., on Sunday of a heart attack.