Actor Jerry Orbach was dining with Joey Gallo and his family at Umberto's Clam House when Gallo was gunned down. Orbach was known to frequently socialize with connected guys up until the time of his death (purely social).
James Caan has and probably still keeps the company of wiseguys on occasion.
Frozen chicken magnate Frank Perdue purportedly had some business dealings with Big Paul, which is ironic because snide remarks had been made in the past about Castellano's physical resemblance to Perdue.


" No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And if you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he'll keep coming back and back, until one of you is dead! "