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Sep 25, 2021 · In the late 1960s, the Newark, NJ, mob was in disarray. Its leader, Anthony “Tony Boy” Boiardo, suffered from crippling ulcers.
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Leading up to the movie’s premiere, people familiar with the televised series, and others who dealt with real-life New Jersey and New York mobsters, have reflected on the show’s legacy. Mob historian Casey McBride said what he finds most interesting about the series is the “human side” that comes out in the characters. A Portland, Oregon, musician,...
Many people looking for similarities between the Sopranos and their real-life counterparts point to the Boiardo and DeCavalcante families in New Jersey. Rocco said he sees in Tony Soprano various mobsters he knew as an undercover agent working the streets. His book Giovanni’s Ring: My Life Inside the Real Sopranos, co-written with attorney and nove...
The family relationships on display in the fictional Sopranos world resemble some of those in real New Jersey crime families, including the Boiardos. Family leader Anthony “Tony Boy” Boiardo saw a psychiatrist as he struggled with the strain of managing a criminal enterprise, according to Richard Linnett, author of In the Godfather Garden: The Long...
Jun 15, 2015 · NEWARK — Catherine and Anthony "Tony Boy" Boiardo walk down the aisle at St. Lucy's Church, Newark, following their nuptials on April 30, 1950. According to "How Newark Became Newark: The...
Apr 4, 2007 · By the time Confessions takes up this gang’s story in the mid-1980s, Boiardo had recently died, as, unexpectedly of a heart attack, had his son and heir apparent, Tony Boy, leaving what remained of the crew to their lieutenants.
Apr 8, 2024 · One of the most obvious candidates for the real Tony Soprano is Vincent Palermo, the one-time de facto boss of New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family, named the DiMeo family in the show.
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Feb 10, 2019 · It is right around the time there was a real godfather by the name of Ruggerio “Richie the Boot” Boiardo, who many believe inspired “The Sopranos.” He was no saint.
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Apr 23, 1978 · Anthony (Tony Boy) Boiardo identified .by Federal authorities as a key figure in organized crime in New Jersey, died :Thursday in Montclair Community HoSpitifl of a heart illness, according to...
