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| “ | Family? I told you, they're a glorified crew. | „ |
| ~ Carmine Lupertazzi on the Soprano family. |
Carmine Lupertazzi, Sr. is the secondary antagonist of the HBO Television Series The Sopranos.
He is the Don of his namesake crime family and an old school mobster who sees himself and by effect his organization well above their on-and-off allies, the DiMeo-Soprano family who he calls a "glorified crew". He is also the father of capo Carmine "Little Carmine" Lupertazzi Jr.
He was portrayed by the late Tony Lip.
Bio[]
His father was the crime family's founder and boss who was given the organization by Lucky Luciano. He invented points shaving in the 1950s.
He operated out of his social clubs and restaurants in New York City throughout the most of his criminal career, keeping a low profile. He resides in Brooklyn's Mill Basin. In the 1980s, Carmine was detained and then cleared of labor racketeering accusations. Around this time, a long-standing captain of the Lupertazzi family, and Angelo Garepe, Carmine's longtime consignee, were found guilty of different racketeering counts and sentenced to prison—Phil was given 20 years and Angelo 18—respectively. Carmine's family was the biggest and wealthiest of the Five Families in New York City during his leadership. They kept close ties to the DiMeo crime family in New Jersey. But, as one of of America's top crime lords, he felt well above the Soprano organization (even though he knew they are useful and capable allies). He called them a crew mostly for their small membership compared to his family and less formal appearance.
Little Carmine Lupertazzi, after whom he was named, was nurtured by Carmine by elevating him to the position of captain in the crime family that bears his name. He occasionally had a tense relationship with his subordinate and Underboss, Johnny Sack. On one occasion he denied Sack's wish to a kill a Soprano family capo for an insult to his wife which was the biggest issue between the two of them. In several episodes of the fourth season, both Johnny and Carmine gave Tony Soprano permission to "hit" the other, but they both called it off at the last minute. In 2004, Carmine's health began to fail and he suffered a massive stroke while having lunch with Tony, Johnny, and Angelo Garepe at a country club, and soon after died in hospital. This left a large power vacuum in the Lupertazzi family as Carmine never formally named a successor. The family broke into two rival factions, one supporting Johnny Sack and the other supporting Little Carmine. Although one of the latter's key backers Rusty Millio was planning to control the family as de-facto boss. In the end Little Carmine caves and Johnny officially becomes Carmine's successor and new Boss of the Lupertazzi family.
Trivia[]
- Carmine is one of only two Lupertazzi crime family members to die of natural causes, the other being Johnny Sacrimoni.
External Link[]
- Carmine Lupertazzi - The Sopranos Wiki
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DiMeo Crime Family Lupertazzi Crime Family Vittorio/Zucca Camorra family Philadelphia Crime Family/Buscetta Crime Family Other | ||