But maybe in the end he got the last laugh.... Bonanno lived to the ripe old age of 97, and lived a life of comfort and mob splendor to the end. And no doubt left many untold millions to his children and grandchildren as his legacy.
I think Rudy Giuliani helped him to have the last laugh. He read "A Man of Honor" [sic], When he was US Attorney for the Southern District of NY, and saw in Bonanno's description of the Commission a good example of a "Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization" as defined under the RICO Act. That's what launched him into the Commission case.
BTW: Was Cesare Bonventre, one of the Sicilian Bonannos, related to Joe B? He was a Bonventre on his mother's side, I believe.
