I think we've all seen the Johnny Depp / Al Pacino 'Donnie Brasco' movie.

I always thought Pacino was ad-libbing and talking shit during the movie when he talked about "cancer of the prick".

So, was it true?

I always thought it was a load of crap until I saw this Joe Pistone interview (at 1:100:33), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v-X06Q04w4, where Pistone mentions penis cancer.

I always thought he was talking about when he was made. On the tapes, when money came into the subject they were talking about, he mentions it a few times when he owed money or had to kick up more.

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/benjamin-ruggiero-12318.php

Some say that died of cancer but of lung cancer.

Hahah furio youre a trip .. nah its just an expression .. kinda like we say Moe has cancer of the funny bone... jk love ya moe

In the movie they have him saying he was in all the medical books, I think the producers made that up.

take my word it was lung cancer lost one lung and spread to other

Ahahahhaha Anyway.You can't have two form of cancer (excpet in Dr House) so I think Lefty died of lung cancer because was an heavy smoker.

Actually you can have two types of cancer at once. Lets just say you have lung cancer and it spreads to your lymph nodes, well it then becomes Lymphoma and Lung Cancer so it is very possible to get both. My Aunt had Breast Cancer and Lymphoma when she died....

Wouldn’t be surprised if he died from lung cancer considering he chained smoked all day long even when he had cancer. And yes, it can spread