I was looking around to see if the names of the gansters of the game were somewhere related to reality


 




In Jimmy Vendetta we have BIG SAL
, but who was Big Sal:


 




Salvatore "Big Sal" Miciotta - soldier who participated in four murders in 1996 he became a government witness.[150] While in prison Miciotta fought with former Lucchese underboss Anthony Casso.[150]



 




He was a hitman for the colombo family, for his help he had only 5 years of jail and then dissepear under withness protection plan

Interesting finding!

everyone know Fat Tony from the Simpsons, but who is realy Fat Tony:


 




Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno (August 15, 1911 - July 27, 1992) was a New York mobster who served as front boss of the Genovese crime family to family boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante from the 1970s until his conviction in 1986. Usually seen wearing a fedora hat and chomping on a cigar, he was nicknamed "Fat Tony" due to his size.




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Very interesting finding. +1

I just found the most interesting one:  Don CalÃÆò, but who was Don CalÃÆò in reality:


 




Calogero Vizzini


 




Calogero Don CalÃÆò Vizzini (July 24, 1877 âââ‰â¬Å July 10, 1954) was a historical Mafia boss of Villalba in the Province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. Vizzini was considered to be one of the most influential and legendary Mafia bosses of Sicily after World War II until his death in 1954. In the media he was often depicted as the "boss of bosses" âââ‰â¬Å although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of Cosa Nostra.




He was the archetype of the paternalistic "man of honour" of a rural Mafia that disappeared in the 1960s and 1970s. In those days a mafioso was seen by some as a social intermediary and a man standing for order and peace. Although he used violence to establish his position in the first phase of his career, in the second stage he limited recourse to violence, turned to primarily legal sources of gain, and exercised his power in an open and legitimate fashion.




Vizzini is the central character in the history of direct Mafia support for the Allied Forces during the invasion of Sicily in 1943. After World War II he became the personification of the reinstatement of Cosa Nostra during the Allied occupation and the subsequent restoration of democracy after the repression under Fascist rule. Initially he supported the separatist movement, but changed allegiance to the Christian Democrat party, when it became clear that Sicilian independence was unfeasible.




When he died in 1954, thousands of peasants dressed in black, and high ranking mafiosi, politicians and priests took part in his funeral. The funeral epitaph stated that "his 'mafia' was not criminal, but stood for respect of the law, defense of all rights, greatness of character. It was love."




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Neat find CrazyP, looks just like Don Vinci.

or in yhe beginning of the game he came out in an army thank to stop the war




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Calogero and Don Calo are similar a little, but he doesn't remind Vinci for me.

Let talk about family name that 2K have added to the game


 




Derek PAPPALARDO but did the PAPPALARDO realy existed:


 




Salvatore Pappalardo:


 




Salvatore Pappalardo STD JUD (23 September 1918 âââ‰â¬Å 10 December 2006) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Palermo for over 25 years, from 1970 to 1996. He was the first senior clergyman from Sicily to speak out against the Mafia, breaking its code of omertÃÆà (vow of silence).




He should not be confused with the still-living current Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy of the same first and last name, who is not a Cardinal but is, like this one, a metropolitan archbishop of an ecclesiastical province.


 


 




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Another Family name, I personnaly thinks it an insult to a great name


 




Carlo FALCONE but who was the FALCONE:


 




Giovanni Falcone:


 




Giovanni Falcone (18 May 1939 âââ‰â¬Å 23 May 1992) was a Sicilian/Italian prosecuting magistrate born in Palermo, Sicily. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Mafia in Sicily. After a long and distinguished career, culminating in the famous Maxi Trial, he was killed by the Corleonesi Mafia in May 1992, on the motorway near the town of Capaci.[1]




His life parallels that of his closest friend Paolo Borsellino. Both men spent their early years in the same poor neighbourhood in Palermo. And though many of their childhood friends grew up to be Mafia figures, both men fought on the other side of the war as prosecuting magistrates. They were both assassinated with the use of car bombs within months of each other.[1] In recognition of their tireless effort and sacrifice during the anti-mafia trials, they were both awarded the Italian "Medaglia d'oro al valore civile" (Gold medal for civil valor) in 1992. They were also named as heroes of the last 60 years in the 13 November 2006 issue of Time Magazine.


 




Death:


 




After Falcone's successes in the Maxi Trial, the seriousness of Tommaso Buscetta's warnings that the Mafia would stop at nothing to end the magistrate's life, became clear. Despite the care he took with his safety, in June 1989 as Falcone relaxed outside his beach house, a security guard noticed an abandoned sports bag at the water's edge. It contained 58 sticks of plastic explosives, primed to explode if picked up. The bomb did not go off. After the incident, he was heard to remark the following to Liliana Ferraro, a long-term colleague and friend: "My life is mapped out: it is my destiny to take a bullet by the Mafia some day. The only thing I don't know is when."[1]




On 23 May 1992 on the orders of Salvatore "Toto" Riina, a half-ton bomb was placed under the motorway between Palermo International Airport and the city of Palermo (38̡̉10?58?N 13̡̉14?41?E). Riina's men hid in a building above the road and remotely detonated the device. Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo and body guards Rocco Dicillo, Antonio Montinaro and Vito Schifani were killed in the blast. The explosion was so powerful that it registered on local earthquake monitors. Thousands gathered at the Basilica of San Domenico for their funeral. The funeral was broadcast live on national TV and all regular television programs were suspended. Parliament declared a day of mourning.[1]




The murder was organized by Salvatore Riina as revenge for Falcone's conviction of dozens of mobsters in the Maxi Trials. Riina reportedly threw a party, toasting Falcone's death with champagne.[citation needed] In the major crackdown against the Mafia following Falcone and Borsellino's deaths, Riina was arrested and is now serving a life sentence for sanctioning the murders of both magistrates as well as many other crimes.[5] Another Mafioso convicted of the murder of Falcone is Giovanni Brusca, also known as lo scannacristiani (the people slaughterer). He was one of Riina's associates who admitted to being the one who 'detonated the explosives.[6]




Palermo International Airport has been named Falcone-Borsellino Airport in honor of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. A memorial of the pair by the local sculptor Tommaso Geraci can be found there[citation needed]. Falcone was posthumously awarded the Train Foundation's Civil Courage Prize, which recognizes "extraordinary heroes of conscience"


 


 




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Great to see such determination in finding informations about real mobsters. Merci, mon ami.

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