| He was fearless and cunning - loved by
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| | hired killer from Erie.In the end, Danny
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| his neighbors and hated by his business
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| | went out the way he predicted. "When you
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| competitors - the members of the
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| | live by the bomb, you die by the bomb."
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| Cleveland Mafia. Fiercely proud of his
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| | The Irishman was dead.But the Mafia's
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| Irish heritage, he was a Celtic warrior
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| | celebration was cut short. There was much
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| at heart, obsessed with the color green -
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| | sloppy work, a few observant witnesses
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| green car, green jackets, green ink pens.
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| | (one of whom was a sketch artist!) and
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| Through the 1970s, the ruggedly handsome
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| | extraordinary investigations by federal,
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| Danny Greene (that's right, Danny
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| | state and local officials. The aftermath
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| Greene), had been boldly encroaching on
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| | of Greene's assassination brought about a
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| mob territory. Their threats didn't worry
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| | mob murder plot against Cleveland Mayor
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| him."Since I'm Irish Catholic, I've got
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| | Dennis Kucinich and charges against
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| the best guardian angel there is.
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| | Mahoning County Sheriff James Traficant
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| Besides, it's the man upstairs who pulls
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| | for accepting Mafia bribe money.
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| the strings." Danny was a proud Catholic.
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| | Traficant was acquitted and is now a
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| He was also a killer.Danny got his start
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| | United States Congressman.As a direct
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| in racketeering as president of the local
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| | result of Danny's murder, Jimmy "Weasel"
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| International Association of
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| | Fratianno defected and co-authored The
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| Longshoremen. He could have been a highly
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| | Last Mafioso and Vengeance is Mine. His
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| successful businessman, but it wasn't the
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| | courtroom testimony and that of Angelo
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| life for him. After a shocking expose by
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| | Lonardo, called "the highest ranking
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| the Cleveland Plain Dealer, he was ousted
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| | mobster ever to testify for the
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| from the docks and fined $10,000 for
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| | government" helped put away mob bosses
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| embezzling union funds. Danny had been
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| | Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno of New York's
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| forcing longshoremen to unload filthy
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| | Genovese Mafia family, Anthony "Tony
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| grain boats and "donate" their paychecks
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| | Ducks" Corallo of the Luchesse clan and
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| to a union hall "renovation fund." The
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| | Carmine Persico of the Colombo family.
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| hall had already been renovated - painted
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| | Federal investigators trace these major
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| green when Danny took office.Later Danny
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| | mob convictions right back to the murder
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| worked for as an enforcer for local
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| | of Greene. Danny would have been
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| mobsters including Alex "Shondor" Birns,
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| | proud.Rick Porrello is a veteran police
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| well-known Jewish racketeer. After a
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| | lieutenant whose first book grew out of
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| dispute over a $60,000 Greene refused to
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| | his research into the murder of his
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| repay, Birns had a bomb planted in his
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| | grandfather and several uncles, who were
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| car. It was the first in a series of
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| | Prohibition-era mob leaders. The result
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| botched attempts on the brash Irishman's
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| | became The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland
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| life. Danny found the bomb."Luck of the
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| | Mafia - Corn Sugar and Blood (Barricade
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| Irish," he would often say. "I'll return
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| | Books, 1995). Rick followed that book
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| this to the old bastard who sent it to
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| | with his second book, To Kill the
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| me," Greene promised.Sure enough, a few
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| | Irishman - the War that Crippled the
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| weeks later Birns was blown out the roof
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| | Mafia (Next Hat Press, 1998), which is
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| of his car, in two pieces. It was an
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| | the story of notorious mob foe Danny
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| excellent hit and Danny was proud.Danny's
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| | Greene. To Kill the Irishman has been
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| big mistake was the 1976 murder of Leo
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| | optioned for a motion picture. An
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| "Lips" Moceri, the respected and feared
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| | accomplished jazz drummer, Rick spend
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| new underboss of the Cleveland Mafia, and
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| | almost three years traveling
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| the bombing of enforcer Eugene "The
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| | internationally with the legendary
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| Animal" Ciasullo. Aging mob boss James
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| | entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. Rick
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| Licavoli ordered his henchman to "get rid
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| | recently released SUPERTHIEF - A MASTER
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| of the Irishman," but the inexperienced
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| | BURGLAR, THE MAFIA AND THE BIGGEST BANK
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| soldiers had no luck. The attempts by the
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| | HEIST IN U.S. HISTORY, a story than can
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| self-proclaimed tough guys were almost
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| | be seen on Discovery Channel and Court TV
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| comical. Then west coast wise guy Jimmy
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| | documentaries. Superthief has been
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| 'the Weasel" Fratianno recommended a
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| | optioned for a TV movie.
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