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==Personal life== While playing with the [[Florida Panthers]], Luongo met his wife, Gina (née Cerbone), at a team hangout called the Pizza Time Trattoria. Gina is the daughter of the Italian restaurant owner, Umberto Cerbone,<ref name=rue>{{vcite news|title=Panthers still rue day Luongo left |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=f5e45ad2-613b-410d-8b48-27785e3c3c1c |access-date=August 29, 2009 |date=February 1, 2008 |work=[[The Province]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132721/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=f5e45ad2-613b-410d-8b48-27785e3c3c1c |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{vcite news |title=Bobby Lu's baby all started with visit to Italian trattoria; Meal at Luongo's favourite |date=February 11, 2010 |work=[[The Province]] |author=Gordon McIntyre }}</ref> who is originally from [[Naples]], while Gina's mother is from [[Palermo]].<ref name=espresso/> Luongo proposed to Gina under the [[Bridge of Sighs]] in [[Venice]] in 2004.<ref name=espresso>{{vcite news|title=L'Italiano Roberto Luongo saracinesca dell'hockey |url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/l?%ABitaliano%BB%3Cbr%3Eroberto-luongo%3Cbr%3E%ABsaracinesca%BB-dell?hockey/2049509 |date=November 17, 2008 |work=L'espresso |author=Marangoni, Marco |language=Italian |archive-date=February 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218152448/http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/l?%ABitaliano%BB%3Cbr%3Eroberto-luongo%3Cbr%3E%ABsaracinesca%BB-dell%3Fhockey/2049509 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They lived in [[Broward County, Florida]], during his [[tenure]] with the Panthers.<ref name=rue/> However within a month of moving into a new home in Florida, Luongo was traded to Vancouver.<ref name=alive/> They subsequently moved into the Vancouver neighbourhood of [[Yaletown]],<ref name=curse/> while spending Luongo's off-seasons in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]].<ref>{{vcite news |title=Luongo skipping All-Star Game to be with his pregnant wife |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/canucks/2008-01-09-luongo_N.htm |work=[[USA Today]] |date=January 9, 2008 |access-date=June 5, 2008 |accessdate=September 10, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120126/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/canucks/2008-01-09-luongo_N.htm }}</ref> Luongo had been chosen as a starting goaltender for the [[2008 NHL All-Star Game]], but he chose not to attend in order to be with Gina, who was pregnant at the time and had returned to Florida.<ref name=daddy>{{vcite news |author=Iain MacIntyre |title=Daddy Luongo rejoins Canucks |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=e13f9287-6312-4ecb-9ed4-d012677902e1&k=64459 |work=[[Vancouver Sun]] |access-date=June 5, 2008 |date=March 28, 2008 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531154640/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=e13f9287-6312-4ecb-9ed4-d012677902e1&k=64459 |archive-date=May 31, 2008}}</ref> Their daughter was born on March 27, 2008. On December 27, 2010, Gina gave birth to the couple's son.<ref>{{vcite news |author=Kuzma, Ben |title=Luongo's wife gives birth to baby boy, goalie will back up Schnieder in Dallas on Friday |url=http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/whitetowel/archive/2010/12/29/luongo-s-wife-gives-birth-to-boy-goalie-will-back-up-schneider-in-dallas-on-friday.aspx |work=[[The Province]] |access-date=December 29, 2010 |date=December 27, 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707145041/http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/whitetowel/archive/2010/12/29/luongo-s-wife-gives-birth-to-boy-goalie-will-back-up-schneider-in-dallas-on-friday.aspx |archive-date=July 7, 2012}}</ref> Luongo is involved with several charities. Like many Canucks players, he spent time with Canuck Place, a children's [[hospice]] in Vancouver.<ref name=alive/> He also sponsored a spectator's box in [[Rogers Arena]] that was reserved for underprivileged children to attend Canucks games.<ref name=alive/> At the end of games in which he was named one of the three stars, he was known to give away his goaltenders stick to a fan in the crowd.<ref name=alive/> In the summer of 2009, he hosted the Roberto Luongo Golf Open to benefit [[Montreal Children's Hospital]], Sainte-Justine Hospital, and a seniors centre network in Saint-Léonard.<ref name=alive/> After the [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]], Luongo, who lives in Parkland, gave a pre-game speech acknowledging the victims of the shooting and calling for action against mass shootings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/22732729|title=Roberto Luongo on Parkland: 'We need to keep talking about this'|date=March 12, 2018|website=ESPN.com|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103005133/http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/22732729|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/roberto-luongo-tribute/|title=Tape2Tape: Luongo Pays Tribute to Hometown|date=February 23, 2018|website=The Hockey Writers|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103055656/https://thehockeywriters.com/roberto-luongo-tribute/|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to being an avid [[golf]]er, Luongo also enjoys playing [[poker]].<ref name=alive/> In September 2011, Luongo was inducted into the [[Italian Walk of Fame]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Yuen, Jenny|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/05/italian-walk-of-fame-honours-stars|title=Italian Walk of Fame honours stars|newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|access-date=October 25, 2011|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093619/http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/05/italian-walk-of-fame-honours-stars|url-status=live}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Florida Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://flasportshof.org/fshofmember/roberto-luongo/|title=Robero Luongo|website=Florida Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-date=March 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315005547/https://flasportshof.org/fshofmember/roberto-luongo/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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