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  1. Sonny Franzese. 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.

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    • Cristina Capobianco-Franzese (second wife)
  2. Feb 27, 2020 · Franzese was a prominent and violent mobster who ran rackets in New York and Long Island from the 1940s to the 2000s. He survived multiple arrests, trials and attempts on his life, and was the last living link to the Apalachin meeting of 1966.

  3. Feb 25, 2020 · Feb. 25, 2020 10:54 AM PT. Legendary Colombo crime family mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, who hung out with Frank Sinatra and befriended Marilyn Monroe before a bank robbery conviction ...

  4. Feb 25, 2020 · NEW YORK - Legendary New York mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, the former underboss of the Colombo Crime Family, has died at 103. As a younger man, according to Mafia lore, Franzese was a big ...

  5. Legendary New York mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, the former underboss of the Colombo Crime Family, has died at 103, according to TMZ. As a younger man, according to Mafia lore, Franzese was a ...

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  7. Feb 25, 2020 · John Franzese, also known as Sonny Franzese, was a notorious mobster who was the second-in-command of the Colombo crime family in New York City. He was acquitted of murdering a suspect in 1967 and died at a New York hospital in 2020. He was 103 years old and had a long history of Mafia violence and corruption.

  8. Eight years' imprisonment (2011) Close. Franzese's career in organized crime began in the 1930s and spanned over eight decades. He served as underboss of the Colombo family from 1963 until 1967, when he was sentenced to 50 years in prison for orchestrating a number of bank robberies across the country. He was paroled in 1978.

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