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| - Jack Lupino (unknown - 2001) was a high ranking member and schizophrenic underboss of the New York City based Punchinello crime family. His right-hand man was Vinnie Gognitti. Addicted to the drug Valkyr, Lupino lost his mind and began to believe that he was a messenger of Hell. He began to partake in bizarre rituals and was involved in devil worship. Lupino started dealing Valkyr in the streets, putting Gognitti in charge of the distribution. He also owned a hotel, which was run by the Finito brothers. In 2001, Lupino was targeted by Max Payne, an NYPD detective on a quest to avenge his murdered wife and child who had believed that Lupino ordered the death of his family. The rogue detective attacked Lupino's hotel, killed the Finitos, and injured Gognitti in order to find him. Learning that Lupino was holed up at his gothic nightclub, Ragna Rock, Max attacked the nightclub and learned more about Lupino's mental instability. The underboss confronted Max, who killed nearly all of his men. Lupino fought the NYPD detective to the death but was killed, having been shot by Max many times after falling, just to make sure that he was truly dead. Later, it was revealed that Lupino was not the one who was behind the death of Max's family. Lupino's death was a major downfall for the Punchinello crime family, followed by Angelo Punchinello's death later that year and Gognitti's two years after. In 2003, Lupino's nightclub, Ragna Rock, was bought by the Russian mobster Vladimir Lem, who renamed the establishment Vodka.
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