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    Michael Franzese (/frænˈziːs/) (né Grillo; born May 27, 1951) is an American former mobster who was a caporegime in the Colombo crime family, and son of...
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    John "Sonny" Franzese Sr. (Italian: [ˈfrantseːze; -eːse]; February 6, 1917 – February 24, 2020) was an American mobster who was a longtime member and former...
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    John Franzese. His father was charged with a series of bank robberies in the late 1960s for a total term of 50 years. His brother Michael Franzese, who...
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  • Look up franzese or Franzese in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Franzese is an Italian surname. It is a version of Francese, meaning 'Frenchman'. This...
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    Daniel Franzese (born May 9, 1978) is an American actor best known for his roles in the films Bully and Mean Girls. Franzese is the creator of several...
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  • directed by Dominic Orlando and written by Leon Isaac Kennedy. Mobster Michael Franzese was a producer on the film. The Royals are a multi-ethnic street gang...
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    2019 interview with DJ Vlad, the former Colombo crime family capo Michael Franzese stated that he was certain that Hoffa's disappearance had been mob-related...
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  • Dionne Warwick as herself Mona Amein as Sally Sherri Eakin as Waitress Michael Franzese as Pastor Vinny Sean Hannity as himself Let There Be Light was mostly...
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  • appearances from Donald Trump (in archival footage), Rudy Giuliani, Michael Franzese and John Alite. Fear City: New York vs The Mafia was released on July...
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    champions Eckhard Dagge, Denny Moyer and Emile Griffith. In 1992, Michael Franzese, a Caporegime of the Colombo crime family, testified that Antoufermo...
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  • crew. In the spring of 1986, the Colombo crime family crew, led by Michael Franzese, began shaking down associates of Balagula, who was running a multibillion-dollar...
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  • petroleum. This allowed them to sell more gasoline at even lower prices. Michael Franzese, also known as the Yuppie Don, ran and organized a gas scandal and...
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  • fighter after this contest. In 1992, Colombo crime family Caporegime Michael Franzese testified that Moore was handled by himself and other Colombo mobsters...
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    apartment and living off money earned during his time distributing. Michael Franzese, ex-caporegime of the Colombo crime family, said that Attwood's Arizona...
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    Machine: "PART 2: Sit Down with the REAL Donnie Brasco (Joe Pistone) and Michael Franzese". YouTube. March 19, 2021. Pistone, Joseph D. (February 1, 1997). Donnie...
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  • Balagula was making very large profits. When Colombo crime family capo Michael Franzese started pressing Balagula for extortion payments, Balagula went to...
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    Al Sharpton (redirect from Michael Riccardi)
    Sharpton's role in a drug sting involving Colombo crime family captain Michael Franzese. Sharpton allegedly recorded incriminating conversations with Genovese...
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    appeared in The New York Review of Books. Former Colombo family capo Michael Franzese, also disputes that Sheeran was the killer when reviewing the scene...
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    genuinely scared of this guy." After Colombo crime family caporegime Michael Franzese sent soldier Frankie "the Bug" Sciortino to extort protection money...
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  • involved in Galante's murder was untrue. Former Colombo family capo Michael Franzese called Kuklinski a "pathological liar" and said, "I spent 25 years...
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  • African-American activist Al Sharpton. In 1983, Colombo crime family mobster Michael Franzese arranged a meeting with Pagano, Sharpton, and another mob associate...
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  • Promenade Mall in Woodland Hills is featured in the film. According to Michael Franzese, Mausoleum was produced and partially financed by himself and an associate...
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    arrived in the US under the Jackson-Vanik Amendment. After Colombo capo Michael Franzese began shaking down his crew, Balagula approached Christopher Furnari...
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  • NFL. He was convicted of mail fraud for partnering with the mafia (Michael Franzese of the Colombo crime family) to illegally sign up and pay sports players...
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  • "Sonny" Franzese – former underboss. He died at age 103 on February 24, 2020. Michael "Yuppie Don" Franzese – son of John Franzese. Michael organized...
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  • player in Basketball Hall of Fame Jason Zucker, NHL hockey player Michael Franzese, former mobster and caporegime in the New York-based Colombo crime...
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  • "Vinnie the Butcher" (1935–1979) John Franzese, "Sonny" (1917–2020) John Franzese Jr. (born 1960) Michael Franzese, "The Yuppie Don" (born 1951) Christopher...
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    generic name (help) Flood, Brian (February 14, 2020). "Ex-CNN darling Michael Avenatti convicted of trying to extort Nike". Fox News. Retrieved November...
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    supply the building's concrete. According to former New York mobster Michael Franzese, "the mob controlled all the concrete business in the city of New York...
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    Paula Ann Franzese is an American legal scholar based in New Jersey who focuses on government ethics and property law. She is the Peter W. Rodino Professor...
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