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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List of past Lucchese crime family mobsters (redirect from Michael DiCarlo)
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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