Editing Ray Romano (section)

==Early life and education==
Romano was born in [[Queens]], New York City,<ref name=TVG /> the second son of Luciana "Lucie" (née Fortini) (d. 2021),<ref name=QueensChronicle /> a piano teacher, and Albert Romano (1925–2010), a real estate agent and engineer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/0/Ray-Romano.html|title=Ray Romano Biography (1957–)|work=Film Reference|access-date=April 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Albert Romano Obituary">{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Albert-A.-Romano-88100334|title=Albert Romano Obituary| publisher=Tributes.com|date= March 12, 2010|access-date=March 28, 2015|archive-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200523011036/http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Albert-A.-Romano-88100334|url-status=live}}</ref> He is of Italian descent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/pioneers-of-television/pioneering-people/ray-romano/|title=Ray Romano: Standup to Sitcom |publisher=PBS|work=Pioneers of Television|access-date=January 11, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> He grew up in the [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]] neighborhood of Queens.<ref>Strickland, Carol. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00EFDC1F3DF932A35751C1A960958260 "Can Sitcom Make It With L.I. Setting?"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 1, 1996. Retrieved November 12, 2007. "For ''Everybody Loves Raymond,'' the route to Hollywood Hills began in Forest Hills, where Ray Romano, standup comedian and the star of the show, grew up."</ref> He has an older brother, Richard (born 1956), an [[NYPD]] sergeant,<ref name=QueensChronicle /> and a younger brother, Robert (born c. 1966), a second grade teacher in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://onlineathens.com/stories/050105/ent_20050501022.shtml|title=Ray Romano and his brothers see the humor in sibling rivalry – and they put it on paper|last=Critchell|first=Samantha|date=May 1, 2005|via=Online Athens|access-date=September 6, 2013|agency=Associated Press|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015102249/http://onlineathens.com/stories/050105/ent_20050501022.shtml|archive-date=October 15, 2013|quote=Robert, who, at 39, is still Bean to everyone, worked in public relations before becoming a second-grade teacher in New York City.}}</ref>

Romano attended elementary and middle school at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills. After transferring from [[Archbishop Molloy High School]], Romano graduated from [[Hillcrest High School (New York City)|Hillcrest High School]] in 1975.<ref name=QueensChronicle /><ref name="Yahoo Movies - Ray Romano">{{Cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800257587/bio|title=Yahoo Movies – Ray Romano|access-date=August 23, 2006}}</ref> He was in the same high school class as [[Fran Drescher]].<ref name=TVG /> Before getting into show business, Romano briefly attended [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College]], in [[Flushing, New York]], where he studied accounting.<ref name=people/>