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“ | I got something I want to say: my cousin Anthony went into business for himself. We all know this. In a way which there is no excuse. He's got a problem with rage. He disappointed me, Anthony, in ways I can't even begin to tell you and he put all of us at risk. Regardless, it's been made clear to me, that if they put his hands on him, he will not be dealt with quick. I'm talking torture. For that reason even if I knew where my cousin is and I do not. I would not deliver him up to them. I am offering him the same protection that I would offer any of you in similar circumstances. Now I know what you're going to say, you're going to say "hey Tone, I would never do what he did." God bless I hope not. But we are a family and even in this fucked up day in age that means something. So we're going to deal with this as a family, together no matter how it affects anybody, personal safety-wise, financially-wise, whatever. I see that my nephew isn't here, it's important he lamb it now and it's my desire to "circle the wagon" to support him. | „ |
~ Tony Soprano's monologue about family and his cousin, Tony Blundetto being hunted by Phil Leotardo to the capos in the DiMeo Crime Family. |
The DiMeo/Soprano Crime Family are the titular main characters of the HBO crime television series The Sopranos. They are an Italian-American Mafia Crime Syndicate and Family based in New Jersey. They are business partners of New York's Lupertazzi Crime Family.
At the beginning of the series the family was led by acting boss Jackie Aprile initially but following his death, Junior Soprano became boss but his nephew Tony Soprano was unofficially the real boss controlling it's capos and crews and leading the family through it business ventures, causing friction between Tony and Junior.
History[]
The crime family was founded in the early 1940s in Northern New Jersey. The first boss of family is said to be Ercole DiMeo.
Members[]
Boss[]
- 1900s-1950s — Aflano — founded the family and died of unknown causes.
- 1950s-1995 — Ercole "Eckley Boot" DiMeo — arrested and sentenced to life in prison.
- Acting: 1995-1998 — Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile, Sr. — died of stomach cancer.
- 1998-2006 — Corrado "Junior" Soprano, Jr. — official boss while under house arrest until he retired due to his dementia.
- 2006-Unknown — Anthony "Tony" Soprano, Sr. — former street and de-facto boss turned official boss from 1999 to the present day, however his status is left unknown.
- Acting: April 2006-August 2006 — Silvio Dante — served as boss while Tony Soprano was in a coma.
Underboss[]
- Unknown-1999 — Joseph "Beppy" Sasso — arrested by the FBI.
- 2004-2007 — Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri — replaced by Bobby Bacala.
- 2007-2007 — Bobby "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri, Jr. — shot to death by two Lupertazzi hitmen.
Consigliere[]
- 1998-1999 — Michael "Mikey" Palmice, Sr. — murdered by Christopher Moltisanti and Paulie Gualtieri for conspiring with Junior to kill Tony and as retribution for killing Brendan Filone.
- 1999-Unknown — Silvio Dante — Last seen being in a coma after being shot by Lupertazzi hitmen.
Caporegime[]
- 1900s-1950s — Tommy Pinto — status is never revealed.
- 1967-1986 — Giovanni "Johnny Boy" Soprano — died of emphysema.
- 1967-1972 — Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti — murdered by a hitman under Junior's orders.
- 1967-1984, 2004 — Michele "Feech" La Manna — imprisoned.
- 1967-2006 — Raymond "Buffalo Ray" Curto — died of a coronary stroke.
- 1992-2002 — Murphy "Murf" Lupo — status is left unknown.
- 1970s-1989, 2000 — Richard "Richie" Aprile, Sr. — murdered by Janice Soprano after being released from prison.
- Pre-1998-2007 — Larry Barese — imprisoned.
- Acting: 1999-2003 — Albert Barese — replaced by Larry Barese and demoted to soldier.
- Pre-1998-1999 — Jimmy Altieri — murdered by Silvio Dante and Christopher Moltisanti for being an FBI informant.
- 1998-1999 — Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi — murdered by Gigi Cestone for spreading rumors within the family that Tony's mother, Livia Soprano tried to have him murdered for putting her into a nursing home.
- 2000-2004, 2007-Present — Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri — demoted from underboss and back to capo.
- 1999-2007 — Carlo Gervasi — promoted to capo after Jimmy's death, turned Informant to keep his son out of prison.
- 2000-2000 — Gianluigi "Gigi" Cestone — died of a heart attack.
- 2000-2003 — Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto — murdered by Tony Soprano after carrying much resentment towards him and accusing him of killing his horse.
- 2003-2006 — Vito Spatafore — murdered by Phil Leotardo after being outed as gay.
- 2005-2007 — Christopher Moltisanti — severely injured in a car wreck and then murdered by Tony Soprano for being a liability.
Soldiers[]
- Pre-1950s-1959 — Calogero Dante — murdered.
- Pre-1967-Unknown — Angelo Salerno — status is left unknown.
- Pre-1967-Unknown — Anthony Bello — status is left unknown.
- Pre-1967-Unknown — Carmine Cotuso — status is left unknown
- Pre-1967-Unknown — Pat Blundetto — retired at some point.
- 1967-1972 — Lino "Buddha" Bonpensiero — murdered by Harold McBrayer.
- 1967-2000 — Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero — turned FBI informant and murdered by Tony Soprano, Paulie Gualtieri and Silvio Dante.
- 1972-1992 — Robert "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri, Sr. — died in a car crash in 2002.
- 1983-Present — Tony Maffei
- Pre-1998 — Febby Petrulio — turned FBI informant and murdered by Tony Soprano in 1998.
- Pre-1998-1999 — Chucky Signore — murdered by Tony Soprano.
- Pre-1998-Unknown — Beppy Scerbo — status is left unknown.
- Pre-1998-Unknown — Kevin Sharkey
- Pre-1998-Present — Dave Salerno
- Pre-1998-Present — Max Pellegrino
- Pre-1998-Present — Joseph Marino
- Pre-1998-Present — Michael
- Pre-1998-Present — Chris "M"
- Pre-1999-Present — Vincent Rizzo
- Pre-2000-Present — Frank Cippolina
- Pre-2000-Present — Donny Kafranza
- 2000-Present — Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi
- 2000-2002 — Furio Giunta — left the DiMeo Family and rejoined the Vittorio/Zucca Camorra Family, presumed deceased.
- 2000-2006 — Eugene Pontecorvo — committed suicide after becoming an FBI informant.
- 2000-Present — Gaetano Giarizzo
- 2002-Present — Joseph LaRocca
- 2002-Present — "Little" Paulie Germani
- 2002-Present — Peter LaRosa
- Pre-2004-Present — Terry Doria
- Pre-2004-Present — Dante Greco
- Pre-2004-Present — Jason Molinaro
- Pre-2004-Present — Tommy DiPalma
- Pre-2004-Present — Vincent "Vinny Pitts" Pisaturo
- 2005-Present — Benito "Benny" Fazio, Jr.
- Pre-2006-Present — Sal Iacuzzo
- Pre-2006-Present — Cary DiBartolo
- Pre-2006-Present — Nicholas Spagnelli
- Pre-2006-Present — Dominic
- 2006-Present — Italo
- Pre-2007-Present — Walden Belfiore
- 2007-2007 — Burt Gervasi — murdered by Silvio Dante.
Associates[]
- Pre-1967-1967 — Aldo "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti — murdered by Dickie Moltisanti.
- Pre-1967-1967 — Salvatore Moltisanti — imprisoned for murder.
- Pre-1967-Present — Herman "Hesh" Rabkin
- Pre-1967-Unknown — Chickie Sasso
- Pre-1967-1967 — Rocco Alatorre
- Pre-1967-1972 — Frankie the Guitarist — murdered by an unnamed gangster.
- Pre-1972-1972 — Julie DeRogatis — murdered by Harold McBrayer.
- 1970s-2000 — Gennaro "Little Pussy" Malanga — murdered by Junior Soprano.
- Unknown-1987, 2004 — Tony "Tony B" Blundetto — murdered by Tony Soprano as a mercy killing.
- Pre-1990s-Present — Peter "Beansie" Gaeta
- 1999-1999 — Alex Mahaffey
- 1999-1999 — Special K and Antjuan
- Pre-1998-1999 — Donnie Paduana — murdered by Mikey Palmice.
- Pre-1998-1999 — "Rusty Irish" — murdered by Mikey Palmice and Joseph Marino.
- Pre-1999-1999 — Brendan Filone — murdered by Mikey Palmice on Junior's orders for hijacking his trucks.
- Pre-1998-Present — Corky Ianucci
- Pre-1998-Present — Sammy Grigio
- Pre-1999-1999 — Jimmy Bones — bludgeoned to death by Salvatore Bonpensiero.
- Pre-1999-Present — Georgie Santorelli
- Pre-1999-Present — Joey Flies
- 1999-Present — Shlomo Teittleman
- 1999-1999 — Yo-Yo Mendez
- Pre-2000-Present — Neil Mink
- 2000-2000 — Sean Gismonte — killed by Christopher Moltisanti in self defense.
- 2000-2000 — Matthew "Matt Drinkwater" Bevilaqua — murdered by Tony Soprano and Salvatore Bonpensiero for attempting to kill Christopher.
- 2000-2000 — Bobby Zanone
- 2000-2004 — Jack Massarone — murdered for being an FBI informant.
- 2000-Present — Bryan Spatafore
- 2000-Present — Chip La Monica
- 2000-Present — Kevin
- 2000-Present — Loiaco
- 2000-Present — Thomas Maccarato
- Pre-2001-Present — Joe DaRuffa
- 2001-Present — Jay
- 2001-Present — Warren Dupree
- Pre-2001-2001 — "Sunshine" — murdered by Jackie Aprile Jr.
- 2001-2001 — Carlo Renzi — murdered by Christopher Moltisanti.
- 2001-2001 — Dino Zerilli — murdered by Christopher Moltisanti and Albert Barese.
- 2001-2001 — Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile, Jr. — murdered by Vito Spatafore on Tony's orders after attempting to rob Christopher Moltisanti and Furio Giunta's card game as well as cheating on Tony's daughter Meadow.
- 2001-Present — Matush Giamona
- Pre-2001-2002 — Ronald Zellman
- Pre-2002-Unknown — Lou Galina
- Pre-2002-Unknown — Alfred
- Pre-2002-Unknown — Frank Crisci
- Pre-2002-2004 — Joseph "Joey" Cogo — murdered.
- 2002-Present — "Dogsy"
- Pre-2004-Present — Frankie Cortese
- 2004-2004 — Corky DiGioia
- 2004-2004 — Credenzo Curtis — shot to death by Benny Fazio and Peter LaRosa.
- 2004-2004 — Stanley Johnson — shot to death by Benny Fazio.
- 2004-Present — Edward Bonpensiero
- Pre-2006-Present — Sal
- 2006-Present — Corky Caporale
- 2006-Present — James Zancone
- 2006-Present — Perry Annunziata
- 2007-Present — John Stefano
- 2007-Present — Ramon
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