Born in 1939, Donnie Shacks was associated with the Gallo gang during the 1960's, he later went on to become a loyalist of Carmine Persico, and was jailed in 1984 on charges of loan sharking, illegal gambling and labor racketeering. When he was released in the 1990's he relocated to Beverly Hills and supposedly gave up his rank as capo in the Colombo family, but according to law enforcement he has remained active, placing a colombo mark on the west coast. He was once seen dining with Elizabeth Hurley and was a pallbearer in the funeral of pop singer turned US Congressman Sonny Bono.