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Family, Friends To Remember Sam Spielberg on Wednesday

A scholarship fund is being set up for accident victim's young daughter.

Those who knew and loved Samuel J. Spielberg will gather at Ashawagh Hall in Springs on Wednesday night to remember the 31-year-old father.

Spielberg died in a fiery crash on Friday night in Amagansett when his sport utility vehicle veered off Red Dirt Road, striking trees. 

A celebration of his life will be held from 3 to 6 p.m., and a 5, "we will have some spoken words and songs in his memory," his sister, Summer Wolff, said.

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Wolf asked that in lieu of flowers, friends make a donation to a college scholarship fund being set up for Spielberg's young daughter, Bianca. Check's can be sent to Jason Spielberg at 16 Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road, East Hampton, NY 11937. Please write, "For Bianca" on the memo line. Any donation amount is appreciated, she said.

"Thank you for your support, love and generosity," she wrote to friends.

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