Joe Dente.
That was the name. Without a doubt. Thank you Mikey. I don't remember the specifics just remember reading some piece alleging that Pesci was pretty much "with" him, whatever that means. The article was about how actors from mob neighborhoods used to have sponsors in the mob who helped them get work. Supposedly Burt Young had one, too.
"...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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