The 103-Year-Old Mobster Who Never Snitched: Sonny Franzese

Brooklyn, 1960. A man in a perfectly tailored suit walks into the Copacabana nightclub. Frank Sinatra nods from the stage. But this isn't just any VIP—this is Sonny Franzese, and by the end of the night, someone will owe him their life.

Discover the incredible untold story of John "Sonny" Franzese, the Colombo crime family captain who lived to 103, outlasting every enemy and prosecutor who tried to bring him down. While other mob bosses died in prison or became government witnesses, Franzese spent 50 years behind bars across multiple sentences and never broke omertà—the sacred code of silence. From controlling New York's hottest nightclubs to allegedly ordering dozens of hits, from partying with Sinatra to being betrayed by his own son, this is the story of the last real gangster who took secrets worth millions to his grave.

How did Franzese survive over a century in a business where most don't make it past 50? What secrets kept him alive when others died for knowing less?

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