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. 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. He was re-jailed at least six times on parole violations in the decades that followed. He became Colombo family underboss again in 2005.
He was convicted of extortion in 2011, and sentenced to eight years in prison. His son John Franzese Jr. testified against him, becoming the first son of a New York mobster to turn state's evidence and testify against his father. At the time of his release on June 23, 2017, at the age of 100, he was the oldest federal inmate in the United States and the only centenarian in federal custody. He died in a New York City hospital on February 24, 2020, at the age of 103.
John "Sonny" Franzese Sr. (Italian: [ˈfrantseːze; -eːse]; February 6, 1917 – February 24, 2020) was an American mobster who was a longtime member and...
caporegime in the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss SonnyFranzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped...
"Feds: Sonny Asked a Mob Pal to Help Whack His Turncaot Son". Huffington Post. Retrieved February 15, 2019. "Colombo underboss John (Sonny) Franzese's son...
the Con in the film This Thing of Ours, whose associate producer was SonnyFranzese, longtime mobster and underboss of the Colombo crime family. The same...
Santini in the film This Thing of Ours, whose associate producer was SonnyFranzese, longtime mobster and underboss of the Colombo crime family, and whose...
sent Joe Gallo to California. Profaci's Capo & later underboss John ‘Sonny’ Franzese negotiated with the Gallos and all the hostages were released peacefully...
August 25, 1964. Retrieved January 14, 2012. "At 100, mob underboss SonnyFranzese gets out of federal prison". Newsday. Archived from the original on...
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associates of the Colombo crime family, including Joseph Peraino and John "Sonny" Franzese. He died at his home in Hollywood, Florida after a long illness. Gambino...
Hollywood fixer and gangster, and associate of Colombo family underboss SonnyFranzese. Spado referred to Pyle as "my best friend". With the encouragement...
Hy Mizrahi, Phil Steinberg, and (allegedly) Italian mobster John "Sonny" Franzese. Kass brought in 24-year-old Neil Bogart to oversee Buddah's daily...
and the 1991 Campanella attempted murder. DeRoss' former rival John "Sonny" Franzese took over as underboss after DeRoss went on trial. In November 2006...
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neutrality, but in 1981, Massino got word from Carmine "Tutti" Franzese (SonnyFranzese's cousin) that the three capos were stocking up on automatic weapons...
pay federal, state, and local taxes. Franzese is the son of legendary Colombo Family member Jonn "Sonny" Franzese and is one of the biggest earners in...
mother-in-law. The same year, Edelbaum also was a lawyer for John (Sonny) Franzese, a bank robber in the Colombo crime family. Two years later, Edelbaum...
the Titanic!, Sahara) and underwater explorer, founder of the NUMA. SonnyFranzese, 103, Italian-born American mobster (Colombo crime family). Don Furner...
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extortion, and imprisoned. March 26 - John "Sonny" Franzese, Colombo Crime Family Capo and father of Michael Franzese, is imprisoned until 1979. He had previously...
Wilson Cruz, Wilmer Valderrama, Marilyn Manson, Mia Kirshner, Daniel Franzese, Natasha Lyonne, John Stamos, Amanda Lepore, Richie Rich, Armen Ra 7 And...
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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 stole...
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