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Untold story of how Frank Sinatra ended up 'begging for his life' in a seedy Harlem basement
Frank Sinatra had to beg for his life, after the New York mafia took out a hit on him in the late 1960s, according to details revealed in an explosive new book, Mafia Takedown.
Mafia Takedown, written by former FBI agent Mike Campi, reveals the singer had so enraged the Genovese crime family that he was summoned to a secret meeting in an East Harlem basement by ruthless mob puppet master 'Fat Tony' Salerno. Tales of his violent outbursts are infamous: he apparently once paid a waiter $50 to punch Vanity Fair writer Dominick Dunne in the face and, after an argument about politics with a woman, he is said to have demanded a valet to hit her with a plate of barbecued spareribs. Campi writes that Robert De Niro consulted with Gambino capo 'Fat Andy' Ruggiano for his role in Analyze This, and Tony Sirico - who plays Paulie Walnuts in The Sopranos - was associated with the Colombo crime family.
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