The Moltisantis of Newark. Think I know where they're going with this. No wonder they're casting Dickie Moltisanti first.

Richard Moltisanti

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Dickie Moltisanti with possibly a little Christopher

Former soldier in the Soprano Crew. Died in the mid-1970s, Married to Joanne Moltisanti née Blundetto, father of Christopher and cousin to Carmella. Dickie was in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and later served time in prison, making it unlikely that he spent much time with his family when he was alive. Dickie was killed during Christopher's infancy, right outside the house while bringing TV trays home. In 2002, Tony Soprano told Christopher that Dickie's killer was Detective Lt. Barry Haydu, who had just retired from the force. Tony delivered Haydu to Christopher Moltisanti as a part of his process of bonding Chris to him and slowly easing him up the family hierarchy. However, when confronted by Christopher, Haydu denied ever having heard of Dickie Moltisanti and claimed that someone was "obviously" setting him up; however, he inadvertently admitted knowing Dickie Moltisanti by stating "Look, whoever told you I had anything to do with his death is lying!", before Christopher ever mentioned Dickie's death, whom Haydu supposedly didn't even know. However Christopher has previously stated "He was my Father". Haydu's last words were thought to have been “ I’m sorry
”, however that was a line from the movie playing on the t.v. in the background. Although, Magnum PI, a popular 80’s cop show starring Tom Selleck, was on the television and the dialogue didn’t call for someone to yell out “I’M SORRY” repeatedly. So that was definitely Haydu! Tony remembers Dickie as a "stand up guy" and describes a lot of his positive qualities to Christopher. Dickie once took on a whole crew from New England and brought the war home to their turf. Tony also remembers that Dickie was killed because of a beef with Jilly Ruffalo, a man he was in prison with. Jilly murdered Dickie's cell mate and Dickie gouged out his eye in revenge. According to Christopher, Dickie also struggled with problems of alcoholism and drug addiction.