I was just posting about Milwaukee Phil on another board. Fairly recently, anyway. He was born in Yonkers and headed out Chicago way very young. But he maintained close ties to Yonkers where the Genovese family had a stronghold (Yonkers is just north of the Bronx, and where they overlap you really can't tell the difference).

Anyway, I've heard that he was very close to Larry "Black" Centore, who was a powerhouse with the Westside back then. And that Phil used to come back to Yonkers quite a bit, and also take part in Outfit-Genovese get togethers out in Palm Springs.

Phil died young. Larry lived a long life. He had to be in his 80's when he passed away. He was semi-active right up til the day he died. He wasn't a very nice guy, though. I know, none of them are technically "nice" guys. But at least some of them show their duality. Larry Black was miserable all the time.