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| - Scozzari was born on January 7, 1900 in the city of Palermo, Sicily to Salvatore and Rosa Scozzari. He had one brother Frank, and two sisters, Anna and Josephine. He entered the United States illegally in 1923 and eventually made his way west to Los Angeles. His residence while in California was 3056 Sullivan avenue in Rosemead, California. During his time in Los Angeles, Scozzari was a shadowy gambling operator and was arrested several times for illegal bookmaking and once for obstruction of justice. He was also involved in one of the unsuccessful attempts on Mickey Cohen's life. In 1958, he married Theresa Macri in Las Vegas, Nevada (who was 32 years younger than him), but the couple had no children. He was also distantly related to Frank DeSimone. He owned the Venetian Club in Los Angel
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| - Scozzari was born on January 7, 1900 in the city of Palermo, Sicily to Salvatore and Rosa Scozzari. He had one brother Frank, and two sisters, Anna and Josephine. He entered the United States illegally in 1923 and eventually made his way west to Los Angeles. His residence while in California was 3056 Sullivan avenue in Rosemead, California. During his time in Los Angeles, Scozzari was a shadowy gambling operator and was arrested several times for illegal bookmaking and once for obstruction of justice. He was also involved in one of the unsuccessful attempts on Mickey Cohen's life. In 1958, he married Theresa Macri in Las Vegas, Nevada (who was 32 years younger than him), but the couple had no children. He was also distantly related to Frank DeSimone. He owned the Venetian Club in Los Angeles, but was forced to close it down in 1958. He also had large real estate holdings and in later years claimed to be a retired businessman. On November 14, 1957, Scozzari and DeSimone traveled across the country to attended the Apalachin Meeting. When the meeting was raided by police, Scozzari was put on trial and ordered in 1958 to be deported for entering the country illegally. When investigated, Scozzari said he had been unemployed for 20 years and that he was a retired businessman, despite being arrested with $602 in cash and $8,445.30 in cashier's checks. Scozzari filed an appeal to stay in the country, but was denied. On June 13, 1962, he left the U.S. and landed in Rome before moving back to Palermo. After his deportation to Sicily, Scozzari disappeared from public notoriety and seemingly lived out the rest of his life in obscurity. His date of death is unknown.
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