In real life, Joey Gallo was gunned down in Little Italy on the night he was celebrating his birthday which I believe was April 7th 1972.
His brother Larry died from cancer some years earlier. It was the 1961 incident with Larry Gallo that was the inspiration for the Frank Pentangeli Bar/Strangle scene in Godfather Part II. Larry Gallo was attacked and almost murdered in a bar on Utica Avenue, Brooklyn. Only the timely arrival of two cops who were checking out an open door saved him from certain death.
Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo is still alive but is rumored to be somewhat of a shell of himself since the killing of his brother Joey.
Interesting Don, But I could never get over how Michael just tossed Frankie off like an old rag!
An old timer that was close to his Father!
http://www.thegodfathertrilogy.com/gf2/ram/openvein.ramNever forgot these words Frankie said to Michael he was right!
"Your father did business with Hyman Roth; Your father respected Hyman Roth; But your father never trusted Hyman Roth"
