A couple of Philly cops laid out a pretty good case as to how they were based on Jersey Luccheses and Philadelphia guys. Frank Renzulli wrote a lot of episodes in seasons 1 and 2, he's the guy Chazz Palminteri stole the Bronx Tale story from. Renzulli's from Boston. David Chase himself said a lot of the Soprano characters were based on the Boiardo crew. Jackie Aprile's stomach cancer and the rivalry between Tony and Junior in season 1 over becoming boss was similar to the 90s Decav situation. Decavs were on wire tap discussing how the characters were based on them.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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