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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 underboss of the Colombo crime family. Franzese's career in organized crime began in the 1930s and spanned over eight decades.
Feb 25, 2020 · Legendary Colombo crime family mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, who hung out with Frank Sinatra and befriended Marilyn Monroe before a bank robbery conviction eventually made him the nation’s...
Mar 25, 2020 · Sonny Franzese was undoubtedly one of the most colorful gangsters in American Mafia history. He socialized with popular singers and athletes, and successfully dabbled in the entertainment industry himself.
Mar 27, 2019 · Longtime Colombo under-boss John “Sonny” Franzese is the living embodiment of the ultimate mob rule — bragging in an interview about refusing to rat despite it making him the oldest federal...
Feb 27, 2020 · The violent, sociopathic and amazingly long life of John “Sonny” Franzese, a former Colombo crime family underboss who once ran bookmaking, loansharking and extortion rackets in New York and Long Island, ended at a hospital on Monday, February 24. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Feb 24, 2020 · Prosecutors said Sonny Franzese, a No. 2 in the Colombo organization, was a fearsome killer and an enduring mob “earner,” remaining active into his 90s.
Feb 24, 2020 · Legendary New York mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, the former underboss of the Colombo crime family, has died at 103, according to TMZ.
Feb 24, 2020 · Legendary Colombo family capo John (Sonny) Franzese, who rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe before a bank robbery rap eventually made him the nation’s oldest federal inmate, died...
Feb 25, 2020 · Underworld figure John "Sonny" Franzese, once the oldest inmate in the US federal prison system, has died at the age of 103. Franzese was the second-in-command of the Colombo crime family in New York City until well into his 90s and was described by prosecutors as one of the Mafia's most fearsome killers.
Feb 29, 2020 · John Franzese, known as Sonny, had been the federal prison system’s oldest inmate and its only centenarian when he completed his last stint behind bars in 2017. He died in a Queens nursing home...
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