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| - Napolitano's parents were immigrants from Naples, Italy. Napolitano was born with blond hair, but by his forties it had turned a gunmetal white-silver color. To hide the embarrassing color, at least to him, he dyed it black. Earning him the nickname "Sonny Black". His children would later inherit this feature from their father, but their golden blond hair turned naturally to black over time. He was a close friend of future Bonanno crime family boss Joseph Massino, who would later order his execution, and incarcerated boss Phillip Rastelli, who knew Napolitano before he went to prison. He was close to Carmine Napolitano (May 30, 1943 - February 15, 1999), a cousin and fellow Bonanno mobster.
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| - Napolitano's parents were immigrants from Naples, Italy. Napolitano was born with blond hair, but by his forties it had turned a gunmetal white-silver color. To hide the embarrassing color, at least to him, he dyed it black. Earning him the nickname "Sonny Black". His children would later inherit this feature from their father, but their golden blond hair turned naturally to black over time. He was a close friend of future Bonanno crime family boss Joseph Massino, who would later order his execution, and incarcerated boss Phillip Rastelli, who knew Napolitano before he went to prison. He was close to Carmine Napolitano (May 30, 1943 - February 15, 1999), a cousin and fellow Bonanno mobster. Sons Peter Napolitano (November 17, 1957-June 29, 1994), Aniello Napolitano and Rocco Napolitano were born and raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Napolitano told his fellow mobsters and Joseph Pistone all the time how he loved his sons very much and later on was worried about him and his estranged wife. But Pistone would later say that Napolitano cared more for his prized messenger pigeons than his sons. Napolitano was a womanizer who cheated with his long-time mistress, Judith Fields. It is unknown who Napolitano was married to at the time of his murder. It has been widely reported that Napolitano has a son with Judith Fields named Anthoni Meuir, who has proven to be elusive when an attempt was made to contact him regarding his relationship with Napolitano. Napolitano was a sturdy 5'9" man who weighed about 200 pounds with powerfully developed chest and arms. On his right forearm was a tattoo of a black panther. He was swarthy, with hair dyed jet black. His face was fleshy with rings under his brown eyes that made him look, depending on the mood, either tired or menacing. He was not a heavy drinker and only indulged at times with fine French liquor. He had dead straight hair, a square jaw and a Roman nose. Although he was a stone-cold gangster, he ran his crew in a laid back style. Napolitano controlled Greenpoint, Brooklyn and from 1979 to 1980 he operated in Pasco County, Florida out of Holiday, Florida after negotiating control of the territory with Santo Trafficante, Jr. At that time, Napolitano set his sights on operating a major bookmaking operation in Orlando, which he was never able to do. Napolitano was an avid racing pigeon and homing pigeon enthusiast. He kept his collection of birds on the roof of his apartment and social club The Motion Lounge. The brilliantly colored pigeons had pedigree bloodlines that descended from prize pigeons in France, Germany and Russia. He once won three thousand dollars during a race from his pigeons. Napolitano would race his prized messenger pigeons against other mobsters, including Bonanno crime family consigliere Anthony Spero, Bonanno associate Murray Kufeld and Genovese crime family capo Anthony Federici. He hired future Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony Casso to shoot hawks that preyed on his prized pigeons when Casso was a young and ambitious mobster.
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