Memorial Scheduled Saturday for Sales Vet Armando Malatesta

MALIBU, California—Armando Malatesta, a veteran of the adult industry who passed away of a heart attack at the end of August, will be remembered at a memorial this Saturday morning at Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Malatesta spent most of his 30-plus-year career in the adult industry working for various companies associated with the venerable Fields family, and also delivered AVN magazines from 2009 to 2013. Malatesta was 63. "He was just an all-around great guy who loved the industry, loved surfing, loved playing music, had a great heart," added longtime friend Scott Fields, who brought Malatesta into the industry in 1983 to work at Arrow Productions. "Everyone who he dealt with in this industry, delivering the magazines or talking to people about purchasing product, everybody loved him. He was just a great guy." In 2013, on the 30th anniversary of his introduction into the adult entertainment industry, Malatesta moved to Seattle last year to be closer to his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Click here for the full article about Malatesta’s passing. The memorial is set to take place at 11 a.m. on December 20. Malibu Lagoon State Beach is located at 23200 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, 90265. Image: Armando Malatesta at a Jimi Hendrix memorial, left, and with his three beloved grandchildren.