February 6, 1917 - John Franzese
Few figures in American organized crime maintained operational relevance across so long a span — his involvement with the Colombo family stretched from the Depression era well into the twenty-first century, interrupted by prison terms but never fully severed. His capacity to return to positions of authority after repeated incarcerations, including reclaiming the underboss role in his late eighties, reflects both the durability of his standing within the organization and the structural continuity of the families he served.
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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. 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 2004.
He was convicted of extortion in 2011, and sentenced to eight years in prison. His son John Franzese Jr.
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