I'm sure most all of us have heard this-that Don Corleone's character in GF1 was based on Carlo Gambino. I've heard it several times and read it from several different sources as well.

However, I was watching some Mafia show on TV where some guy was acknowleding that myth, but stated that it was false, and that Don Corleone was actually based on several different real-life mobsters (I don't think he actually said any names), and I read the same thing somewhere online shortly after.

So, is this just a myth, or is there, in reality, truth to it?

I worked my whole life - I don't apologize - to take care of my family...And I refused to be a fool, dancing on the strings held by all those bigshots. I don't apologize. That's my life.