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Sonny: The Last of the Old-Time Mafia Bosses, John Sonny Franzese
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ISBN10: 0806541601
ISBN13: 9780806541600
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: Mar 29 2022
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.18 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.06
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780806541600
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: Mar 29 2022
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.18 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.06
Language: English
Based on exclusive interviews before his death in 2020 at age 103, SONNY is the first and only authorized biography of legendary mob boss John Sonny Franzese, the head of the Columbo crime family and financier of the infamous film Deep Throat. An old school Mafioso, he kept silent on his nine decade career in organized crime, remaining loyal to the Mafia oath throughout 30 years in prison, until he finally agreed to talk to award-winning Newsday reporter S.J. Peddie for this groundbreaking, never-before-revealed account. John Sonny Franzese reportedly committed his first murder at the age of fourteen. As a made man for the Colombo crime family, he operated out of his Long Island home specializing in racketeering, fraud, loansharking, and other illicit deeds he would deny to his dying day. His career in organized crime spanned over eight decades--and was sentenced to fifty years in prison for robbery charges. But even behind bars, Sonny Franzese never stopped doing business... This is the true story of an old-school Mafioso as it's never been told before. Newsday reporter S.J. Peddie interviewed Franzese in prison--and uncovered a lifetime of shocking secrets from the legend himself:
- Why FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a very personal interest in Sonny.
- How Sonny managed to juggle numerous affairs with women, including a famous model.
- How Sonny spent a third of his life in prison--and still managed to earn untold millions for the mob.
- How Sonny accidentally revealed some of his worst crimes--to a friend wearing a wire.
- How Sonny hobnobbed with celebrities such as Ava Gardner, Jayne Mansfield, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dionne Warwick, among others.
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