Paul cicero actor
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Paul Cicero
Occupation
Fortune Teller
- "You will be a curse upon Gotham. Children will wake from sleep screaming at the thought of you. Your legacy will be death and madness."
- —Paul Cicero to his son Jerome Valeska[src]
Paul Cicero was a Fortune Teller at Haly's Circus, and the biological father of Jeremiah and Jerome Valeska.
Biography[]
Background[]
He had a relationship with Lila Valeska resulting in a pregnancy. The babies were identical twins named Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska. Years later when the circus visited Kansas City, Cicero approached a crying nine-year-old Jerome Valeska (who had just been beaten by his mother and her boyfriend). Cicero did not reveal he was the child's father but would take a role in their life. He would ask Jerome what was wrong and Jerome revealed he was being beaten, so Cicero told him the world didn't care for him and it was better that he realized that now.[1]
Lila Valeska's death[]
After Jerome murdered his mother, Lila, Cicero allowed the use of his truck to discard the murder weapon and rework it to appear as
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Paul Vario
American mobster (1914-1988)
Paul Vario | |
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Mug shot of Vario | |
| Born | (1914-07-10)July 10, 1914 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 1988(1988-05-03) (aged 73) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | St. John Cemetery, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Paulie |
| Occupation | Mobster |
| Spouse(s) | Vita Rizzuto (first wife) Phyllis Joan Vario (second wife) |
| Children | 3 |
| Allegiance | Lucchese crime family |
| Conviction(s) | Tax evasion (1973) Fraud (1984) Extortion (1985) |
| Criminal penalty | Six years' imprisonment (1973) Four years' imprisonment and $10,000 fine (1984) 10 years' imprisonment (1985) |
Paul Vario (July 10, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York. Following the testimony of Henry Hill, Vario was convicted in 1984, of fraud, and sentenced to four years in prison, followed by a conviction for extortion in 1985, and an additional sentence of 10 years in prison. He died on May 3, 1988, of
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Paul Sorvino
American actor (1939–2022)
Paul Sorvino | |
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Sorvino in 2010 | |
| Born | Paul Anthony Sorvino (1939-04-13)April 13, 1939 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | July 25, 2022(2022-07-25) (aged 83) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1956–2022 |
| Spouses | Lorraine Davis (m. 1966; div. 1988)Vanessa Arico (m. 1991; div. 1996)Dee Dee Benkie (m. 2014) |
| Children | 3, including Mira and Michael |
Paul Anthony Sorvino (, Italian:[sorˈviːno]; April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor.[1] He often portrayed authority figures on both the criminal and the law enforcement sides of the law.
Sorvino was particularly known for his roles as Lucchese crime familycaporegime Paulie Cicero (based on real life gangster Paul Vario) in Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster film Goodfellas and as NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerr
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