Lefty Ruggiero
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Lefty Ruggiero was a real-life New York mobster of the Bonanno crime family, famously portrayed in the film "Donnie Brasco" as the aging hitman who mentors the undercover FBI agent.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lefty Ruggiero canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
member of the Bonanno crime family
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mobster ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bonanno crime family crew of Sonny Black Napolitano
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Joseph D. Pistone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1926-04-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| convictedIn | United States federal court ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
conspiracy
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illegal gambling ⓘ loan sharking ⓘ racketeering ⓘ |
| criminalOrganization | Bonanno crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1994-11-24 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Ruggiero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfFame | organized crime ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | mentor to undercover FBI agent in Donnie Brasco case ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real-life experiences in New York organized crime ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Bonanno crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia ⓘ |
| movement | American Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname |
Lefty
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Lefty Guns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with undercover FBI agent Joseph Pistone ⓘ |
| notableWork | Donnie Brasco undercover operation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bookmaker
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hitman ⓘ loan shark ⓘ mobster ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Al Pacino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | film Donnie Brasco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Brooklyn
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New York City ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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