In this April 6, 2008 file photo, Tibetan monks practice debating in Longwu AP - In this April 6, 2008 file photo, Tibetan monks practice debating in Longwu Monastery in Repkong, western …

BEIJING - Hundreds of Tibetans attacked a police station and government officials in northwestern China despite heightened security, prompting the arrests Sunday of nearly 100 monks, state media reported.

Six of those arrested for alleged involvement in the attack were caught by police while 89 others turned themselves in, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. All but two were monks, it said.

The protest appeared to be in response to the disappearance of a Tibetan who escaped from police custody in Qinghai province, Xinhua said.

According to a Tibetan exile, the protest involved as many as 2,000 people and was sparked by the apparent suicide of a monk being investigated for unfurling a Tibetan flag.

Xinhua said several hundred people - including nearly 100 monks from the Ragya Monastery - attacked the police station in Ragya, a township in the Tibetan prefecture of Golog, on Saturday, assaulting policemen and government staff.

Some officials were injured slightly in the assault, Xinhua said, without elaborating.

A man who answered the phone at Qinghai’s public security department said he had not heard about the attack or the arrests. Phone calls to other police departments and government offices in the area rang unanswered.

The violence is the latest known incidence of unrest following a bomb explosion Monday in an unoccupied police station in predominantly Tibetan Ganzi prefecture in Sichuan province. The explosion shattered the building’s windows but no injuries were reported.

In February, Tibetan advocacy groups said a thousand monks gathered at a monastery in Sichuan province’s Aba county to protest a ban on celebrating a traditional prayer festival called Monlam. One monk doused himself with gasoline and set himself ablaze.

The violence on Saturday began after a man accused of supporting Tibetan independence escaped from police custody and went missing, Xinhua said.

It cited authorities as saying the man fled from the Ragya police station after asking to go to the washroom, prompting a manhunt. It cited a witness as saying he was seen swimming in the Yellow River.

A former resident of the area who now lives in Dharmsala, India, said the protesters were angry because they believed the man, a 28-year-old monk named Tashi Sangpo, jumped in the river to commit suicide after fleeing.

“When Tashi was being interrogated by the officials, he asked their permission to go to the toilet. He then went out and jumped into the Yellow River,” the source said on condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisals against his family still living in China. “The dead body is yet to be found.”

The exile, who said he received the information from people in Ragya, said 500 monks from the monastery protested outside the local administration office and the group swelled to about 2,000 as others from the village joined.

He said Tashi Sangpo was being investigated by police because he unfurled a Tibetan flag on the roof of the monastery on March 10, the anniversary of the start of a 1959 abortive Tibetan revolt against Chinese rule, and distributed pamphlets on the street urging unified protests against Chinese rule. The Tibetan flag is banned in China.

It was difficult to independently verify the account because government departments could not be reached Sunday. Communication is also spotty in the areas and residents usually will not talk for fear of official retaliation.

Dharmsala is the seat of the Dalai Lama’s self-proclaimed government-in-exile and the destination of many Tibetans who flee China.

Security in Tibetan areas has been tightened in recent weeks as Beijing tried to head off trouble ahead of sensitive anniversaries this month. March 14 marked the one-year anniversary of anti-government riots in Lhasa, Tibet’s regional capital, while March 17 marked 50 years since the Dalai Lama escaped into exile in India after Chinese troops crushed the Tibetan revolt.

China claims Tibet has always been part of its territory, but many Tibetans say the Himalayan region was virtually independent for centuries and that Beijing’s tight control is draining them of their culture and identity.

LUANDA, Angola - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass for the largest gathering of his African pilgrimage Sunday, telling a crowd on the outskirts of this seaside capital that reconciliation on the war-ravaged continent would come only with a “change of heart, a new way of thinking.”

The Vatican said as many as 1 million people turned out on the dusty field near a cement factory to hear the pope at the last major event of his seven-day trip, which began Tuesday in Cameroon.

Speaking from a tented pink altar, the pope said evils in Africa had “reduced the poor to slavery and deprived future generations of the resources needed to create a more solid and just society.”

“How true it is that war can destroy everything of value,” said Benedict, wearing a pink cape and mopping his sweaty brow with a white handkerchief kept inside his sleeve.

Later he was scheduled to meet with representatives of women’s rights groups to praise the role of women in African society.

Angolans have been enslaved, subjugated and at war almost nonstop since Portuguese colonizers brought the first Catholic missionaries in 1491. Many of the slaves taken to Brazil, for example, came from Angola.

The Catholic Church was an ally of the colonizers who discriminated against the people until independence from Portugal in 1975, when civil war erupted, in part fueled by the country’s oil and diamond wealth.

Some 15,000 died, including missionaries, before the war ended in 2002, and the scars still are evident among the many people who lost limbs in one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.

A Marxist revolution also has left scars, though the country’s president for 30 years, Eduardo dos Santos, abandoned communism and improved relations with the church starting in the late 1980s.

Critics say last year’s massive election victory was marred by fraud and corruption and that the pope must beware of allowing his visit, sponsored by the state, to be seen as legitimizing an authoritarian regime. The bishops in Angola twice have denounced the government for leaving its people mired in poverty while leaders enrich themselves off oil and diamonds.

Since he arrived on Friday from Cameroon, the pope has met with dos Santos and spoken out against corruption in Africa, the continent with the fastest-growing Catholic population in the world.

Before he said Mass on Sunday, Benedict clasped his hands, as if in prayer, and offered his condolences to the families of two 20-year-old women trampled to death in a stampede at a Luanda stadium before a youth event he addressed on Saturday.

He also wished a speedy recovery to some 40 people injured in the crush. Dozens of others collapsed and were treated at the site for heat exhaustion.

Later, the Vatican’s No. 2 official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, blessed the bodies of the two victims, laid out under white sheets at Josina Machel Hospital. Accompanied by Angola’s Foreign Minister Assuncao Does Anjos, the cardinal visited with injured victims.

State radio appealed to people to take water and food to Sunday’s Mass. People also carried parasols and stools amid the hooting cars and motorbikes making their way to see the pope. Some men hoisted children onto their shoulders and mothers strapped babies to their backs.

Even before he landed in Africa, the pope provoked protests after he told reporters on his chartered Alitalia jet that condoms were not the answer to Africa’s severe AIDS epidemic, suggesting that sexual behavior was the issue.

He condemned sexual violence against women, but also chided the 45 African countries including Angola that have approved abortion in cases of rape or incest or when a mother’s life is in danger.

In his final appearance on Sunday’s schedule, Benedict made a strong appeal for respect for women’s rights in a speech to some 1,000 women in a Luanda church annex.

“It is nearly always the woman who maintains intact human dignity, defends the family and protects cultural and religious values,” the pontiff said, lamenting that the importance of family “is not given the consideration it deserves.”

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration’s latest attempt to tackle the banking crisis and get loans flowing to families and businesses rely on a new government entity, the Public Investment Corp. to help purchase as much as $1 trillion in toxic assets on banks’ books.

The plan that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner intends to announce Monday aims to use the resources of the $700 billion bank bailout fund, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The initiative will seek to entice private investors, including big hedge funds, to participate by offering billions of dollars in low-interest loans to finance the purchases and also sharing risks if the assets fall further in value.

When Geithner released the initial outlines of the administration’s overhaul of the bank rescue program on Feb. 10, the markets took a nosedive. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged by 380 points as investors expressed disappointment about a lack of details.

Christina Romer, head of the Council of Economic Advisers, said Sunday that it’s important for investors to know that the administration is bringing a full array of programs to confront the problem.

“I don’t think Wall Street is expecting the silver bullet,” she said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“This is one more piece. It’s a crucial piece to get these toxic assets off, but it is just part of it and there will be more to come,” she said.

Also in the coming week Geithner is expected to disclose the administration’s proposal to overhaul bank regulations to try to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis.

LONDON - Jade Goody, a dental assistant turned reality-TV star whose whirlwind journey from poverty to celebrity to tragedy became a national soap opera and morality tale in Britain, has died.

The 27-year-old had cancer and died in her sleep early Sunday at her home in Essex, southeast England, her publicist Max Clifford said.

Goody gained fame at 21 in 2002, when she joined the reality television show “Big Brother,” in which contestants live together for weeks and are constantly filmed. Loud and brash, she became a highly divisive star - initially mocked as an ignorant slob, then celebrated as a forthright everywoman by a hungry tabloid press.

It was a pattern of praise and condemnation that followed her for the rest of her life. Goody became a national touchstone who sparked debate about race, class and celebrity in Britain.

For some, Goody was a survivor who had overcome a tough childhood in a poor part of London.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday that Goody used her fame to help others.

“She was a courageous woman both in life and death and the whole country have admired her determination to provide a bright future for her children,” Brown said in a statement.

“She will be remembered fondly by all who knew her and her family can be extremely proud of the work she has done to raise awareness of cervical cancer which will benefit thousands of women across the U.K.”

Though many praised Goody in recent months for the way in which she handled her illness, she was mocked in the press during her stint on “Big Brother” for her weight, her big mouth and her apparent lack of general knowledge - she branded the English region of East Anglia “East Angular,” and asked whether it was abroad.

She didn’t win the show, but she did become a celebrity, earning millions through television and magazine appearances, an autobiography, a perfume and a series of exercise videos.

It was during a follow-up stint on a celebrity version of “Big Brother” in 2007 that Goody was labeled a racist bully for her treatment of another contestant, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. Goody bad-mouthed Shetty’s cooking of Indian food, mocked her accent and referred to her as “Shilpa Poppadom.” While complaints against the show skyrocketed, so did ratings.

Goody’s treatment of Shetty sparked anger in India and Britain - even becoming the topic of debate during a House of Commons question-and-answer session with then Prime Minister Tony Blair. A major sponsor suspended its advertising deal with “Celebrity Big Brother,” and a chain of perfume shops pulled a Goody-endorsed fragrance, ironically named “Shh…”

After television viewers voted to evict Goody from the show, Goody - herself of mixed race - insisted she wasn’t a racist. “I argue like that with everybody. It wasn’t just because of the color of her skin that I was that aggressive,” she said during an interview on Britain’s GMTV.

After the eviction, the Indian Tourism Office invited Goody to travel to the country. She did, visiting charity projects and later agreeing to appear on an Indian version of the show.

“The people of India have only seen a small part of me and I’d like to show them that there is more to me,” Goody said. “I’m a mother of two, a businesswoman. I can’t be all that bad.”

It was during filming of the show in the summer of 2008 that Goody received a diagnosis of cervical cancer by telephone from a doctor in Britain. The camera captured the deeply personal moment, which was shown repeatedly on TV in Britain, though not in India.

The progress of her illness was chronicled in detail in the tabloid press and weekly magazines, to the unease of many.

“Goody isn’t rich or famous because she won the lottery: she’s rich and famous because we bought all those papers and magazines and ghosted books with her on the cover, because we watched her television series, because we cheered when she was good and booed when she was bad, because we sat around discussing her over lunch,” wrote columnist India Knight in The Sunday Times. “Now she’s dying, she’s making us all feel bad so we want her to go away, like a broken toy that’s stopped being fun.”

In February, a bald and frail Goody, married fiancee Jack Tweed in an elaborate event staged at an elegant countryside hotel outside London. She reportedly sold the photos for more than $1 million.

Goody defended being paid for interviews and photo shoots.

“People will say I’m doing this for money,” she said. “And they’re right, I am. But not to buy flash cars or big houses - it’s for my sons’ future if I’m not here. I don’t want my kids to have the same miserable, drug-blighted, poverty-stricken childhood I did.”

Before her rise to fame, Goody worked for a period as a dental nurse. She had an unhappy childhood in a poor south London neighborhood. Her father was a heroin addict who served jail time for robbery and died in 2005, her mother a former crack addict who lost the use of an arm in a motorcycle accident.

While many empathized with Goody as she underwent surgery and chemotherapy in the public eye - filming part of the experience for another television series - she still inspired vitriol in others. A Web site was even set up, devoted to predicting when she would die.

In February 2009 Goody’s publicist said the cancer had spread to her liver, bowel and groin.

Goody is survived by Tweed and her two sons Bobby and Freddie, with an ex-boyfriend, television presenter Jeff Brazier. She also is survived by her mother, Jackiey Budden.

Budden told reporters Sunday: “Family and friends would like privacy at last.”

 

Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby (1712 - 30 November 1800) was an English eccentric nobleman who preferred a watery environment to a dry one.

Lord Rokeby was born Matthew Robinson in a Scottish family that had settled in Kent. His family gained the title from King George II. Robinson became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, briefly became a Whig and supported the accession of William of Orange. He travelled widely but eventually settled alone near Hythe, Kent.

When his father Septimus Robinson died in 1754, Matthew inherited, among other things, a family estate at Mount Morris near Canterbury. He proceeded to cultivate his estate and represented Canterbury in the Parliament. He inherited the title of Lord Rokeby in 1794 after death of his cousin, Richard Robinson, Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland.

Lord Rokeby became an enthusiastic supporter of baths during a holiday in the spa town of Aix-la-Chapelle. When he returned to Kent, he began to make daily trips to the seashore to swim in salt water regardless of the weather. He preferred this environment in such an extent that his servant had to persuade him to come home. Sometimes he fainted and had to be rescued. He had a hut built for him on the sands at Hythe and drinking fountains along his route to the beach. He walked all the way and let his servant follow him in the carriage with full livery. If he found people drinking from a fountain, he gave them a half-crown coin.

He also let his beard grow, which was against the contemporary fashion. Eventually it was so thick that it stuck out under his arms and could be seen from behind. In a couple of years he decided to build a swimming pool in his mansion - it was built under glass and was heated by sun. There he spent hours at the time, preferably alone. He refused to have a fire in his house even in the coldest weather.

His increased isolation bred rumors, including one that he was a cannibal or ate only raw meat - when he ate mainly beef tea and nibbled at venison. He also refused to see any doctors. As for church service, he claimed that God was best worshipped at natural altars of the earth, the sea and the sky - not to mention that the sermons were boring.

When Lord Rokeby did indeed agree to accept visitors, he might “entertain” them with lengthy, boring poems. He arranged a sumptuous meal for Prince William of Gloucester but ate very little himself. He very rarely visited the court and then was an embarrassment to his socialite sister, Mrs Elizabeth Montagu. When he stayed at the Chequers Inn at Lenham in 1796 so he could vote in the general election, curious locals took him for a Turk. He never married.

Lord Rokeby died in December 1800; peacefully in his bed on dry land.

Bill Burr (aka Billy Burr) is an American stand-up comedian, born June 10, 1968 in Canton, Massachusetts.

In 1995, he moved to New York City and lived there for eight months. He then moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked on a number of film and television projects. He returned to New York in 1999 and moved back to Los Angeles in 2008, where he currently resides.

He performs over three hundred shows annually, had two movies released in 2006, and has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman. In 2004, he began working on Chappelle’s Show, and in September 2005, his HBO One Night Stand special aired. Along with many other projects, Burr has also been a guest comedian on the Bob and Tom Show as well as on the Opie and Anthony Show on XM Satellite Radio, sometimes sitting in when third member Jim Norton is away. He has also performed on the Comedy Central Presents show.

In 2006, he gained notoriety among comedic circles for an incident in Camden, New Jersey as a part of Opie and Anthony’s Traveling Virus Comedy Tour. Prior to Burr, comedian Dom Irrera was booed and wasn’t given an opportunity to perform his material. He embarrassingly walked off. Burr, the following comedian, criticized the audience as shallow. Booing mercilessly in retaliation at Burr (never giving him a true opportunity to perform his material), fought back. He abandoned his scripted material entirely, proceeding to hurl profanity-laced insult after insult toward the crowd (mostly from nearby Philadelphia). He incorporated historic Philadelphia references into the tirade. He continued in this off-the-cuff manner for over ten minutes, and was treated to a lengthy standing ovation as he left the stage.

On December 16, 2006, Burr hosted a three-hour radio show on Opie and Anthony’s XM radio channel program The Virus (channel 202) titled “Uninformed with Bill Burr & Joe DeRosa” from 9pm-12am. The second Uninformed show aired February 10, 2007 from 9pm-12am.

In September 2007 Burr signed with Colorado independent label What Are Records?. His debut album Emotionally Unavailable: Expanded Edition was released October 16, 2007.

Emotionally Unavailable carries content previously available only in Burr’s stand-up shows. It features a completely unedited set with Burr covering topics from rednecks to inadvertent racism to relationship books to crazy people on the subway. The Expanded Edition augments that album with previously unreleased highlights from a different tour - the Houston stop of the I’m Rich Biatch Tour which Bill co-headlined with Chappelle’s Show cast mates Charlie Murphy and Donnell Rawlings. Much of the material from this tour later turned up on Burr’s HBO stand-up special.

As with other comics associated with The Opie & Anthony Show, in 2008, Bill’s voice was featured in the game Grand Theft Auto IV. In the game, Bill plays a member of a biker gang in the mission “No Love Lost”. In 2009, he reprised his role in the game’s expansion pack The Lost and Damned.

Discography

* Emotionally Unavailable: Expanded Edition (2007)

* Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This? (2008)

A

Abbadabba - Otto Berman

Action Jackson - William Jackson (among others)

Allie Boy - Alex Rudaj

The Animal - Joseph Barboza

The Ant - Tony Spilotro

Anthony Black - Anthony Furino

Artichoke King - Ciro Terranova

Augie Pisano - Anthony Carfano

B

Baldo - Baldassare Amato

The Barber - Ralph Daniello

Bats - Charley Battaglia

Benny Eggs - Benny Mangano

Benny Squint - Phillip Lombardo

Benny the Bug - Benjamin Ross

Big Al - Alfred Polizzi

Big Ange - Angelo Lonardo

Big Jim - James Colosimo

Big Joe - Joe Lonardo

Big Joey - Joseph Massino

Big Paulie - Paul Castellano

Big Trin - Dominick Trinchera

Big Tuna - Tony Accardo

Black Sam - Sam Todaro

Bobby Doyle - Girolamo Santucci

Bobby Ha Ha - Robert Attanasio

Bobby Phones - Robert Sanseverino

Bomp - Frank Bompensiero

Boo Boo - Max Hoff

Boobie - John Cerasini

Bozey - Arnold Squitieri

The Brain - Arnold Rothstein

The Bug - Charles Workman

Bugs - George Moran

Bugsy - Benjamin Siegel

The Builder - Joe Andriacchi

C

Chappy - Lorenzo Brescia

Charles Harmon - Arthur Flegenheimer

Charles Ross - Charlie Luciano (Salvatore Lucania)

Charlie Lucky - Charlie Luciano (Salvatore Lucania)

Chee Chee - Frank DeMayo

Cheech - Frank Scalise

Cheesebox - Mickey Callahan

Chester - Cesare Lamare

Chicken Man - Philip Testa

Chin - Vincent Gigante

Cigar - Carmine Galante

The Clown - Joey Lombardo

Clutch Hand - Giuseppe Morello

Cork - Carl Civella

Crazy Joe - Joey Gallo

D

Dandy Phil - Phil Kastell

Dapper Don - John Gotti

Dasher - Frank Abbandando

Diamond Jim - Jim Colosimo

Dutch (Dutchman) Schultz - Arthur Flegenheimer

E

Eddie Buff - Edward Lanzieri

F

Fat Dominic - Dominic Peter Corrado

Fat Tony - Anthony Salerno

The Fox - Johnny Torrio

Funzi - Frank Tieri

G

The Gap - Dominick Petrilli

Gaspipe - Anthony Casso

The Ghost - Joe Pangallo

Good-looking Sal - Salvatore Vitale

Greasy Thumb - Jake Guzik

The Grim Reaper - Gregory Scarpa

Gyp - Angelo DeCarlo

H

Hoptoad - Giuseppe Guinta

The Hunchback - Harry Riccobene

Hymie - Earl Weiss

I

Iceman - Richard Kuklinski

Il Bove - Tomasso Petto

J

Jack White - Vincenzo Licavoli

Jimmy the Weasel - Aladena Fratianno

Jimmy Blue Eyes - Vincent Alo

Jimmy Doyle - James Plumeri

Jimmy Regace - Dominic Brucceleri

Jimmy the General - Generoso Barbieri

Jo Jo - Joseph Pecora

Joe Adonis - Giuseppe Doto

Joe Baker - Joe Catania

Joe Bananas - Joseph Bonanno

Joe Batters - Tony Accardo

Joe Cargo - Joseph Valachi

Joe Church - Joseph DiGiovanni

Joe Desi - Joseph DeSimone

Joe Diamond - Natale Evola

Joe Palisades - Joseph Rosato

Joe Shakes - Joseph DiStefano

Joe Stretch - Joseph Stracci

Joe the Barber - Joseph Barbara

Joe the Boss - Giuseppe Masseria

Joe the Builder - Joseph Andriacci

Joe the Grocer - Joe Catania

Joey Doves - Joseph Aiuppa

Johnny Dio - John Dioguardi

Johnny Hooks - John Capra

Johnny Sausage - John Barbato

K

Kelly - Gabriel Mannarino

Kid Blast - Albert Gallo

Kid Twist - Abe Reles

Killer - Fred Burke

Killer Kane - Kruse

Killing Machine - Greg Scarpa

King - Charles Solomon

L

Lefty - Benjamin Ruggiero

Legs - Jack Diamond

Lepke - Louis Buchalter

Li’l Augie - Anthony Carfano

Lilo - Carmine Galante

Lips - Leo Moceri

Little Larry - Lawrence Dentico

Little Nicky - Nicodemo Scarfo

Longie - Abner Zwillman

Lord High Executioner - Albert Anastasia

Louie Bagels - Louis Daidone

Louie Ha Ha - Louis Attanasio

Louie Lump Lump - Louis Baronne

Louis Santos - Santo Trafficante

Lucky - Charlie Luciano (Salvatore Lucania)

In the story I am busy plotting, names are very significant. Some of the characters have intense relationships with their names. So when I woke up and found this fabulous meme at Kate’s blog, well, I felt it was a worthy exercise. And since I have never knowingly ignored a great meme, let me get to it:

1. My rock star name (first pet and current car)

Muffin Renault

2. My gangsta name (ice cream flavour plus cookie, or biscuit)

Peppermint Choc

3. My fly girl name (first letter of first name, first three letters of last name)

C-Ott (That is singularly lacking in attitude, isn’t it? And with my birth name it’s no better: C-Jam)

4. My detective name (favourite colour, favourite animal)

Turquoise Dolphin

5. My soap opera name (middle name, city of birth)

Elise Pietermaritzburg

6. My Star Wars name (first three letters of your last name, first two of your first name)

Ott-Ch

7. My superhero name (second favourite colour, favourite drink, add “the”)

The Purple Gin and Tonic

8. My Nascar name (first two names of my two grandfathers)

Neville David

9. My stripper name (favourite perfume, favourite sweet)

Crystalle Fudge (this one is my best)

10. My witness protection name (mother’s and father’s middle names)

Antonia William

11. My weather anchor name (fifth grade teacher’s name, a major city beginning with the same letter)

Stephen St Petersburg

12. My spy name (favourite season/flower)

Summer Peony

13. Cartoon name (favourite fruit plus garment you’re wearing, with an “ie” or “y” added)

Lychee Knickery

14 Hippie name (what you ate for breakfast plus favourite tree)

Oatmeal Baobab

15. Your rockstar tour name (favourite hobby plus weather element, with “the”)

The Baking Sunshine Tour, featuring none other than Muffin Renault.

Feel free to play too. It’s fun.

Peter “Pete the Killer” Abbanante
Frank “The Dasher” Abbandando
Frank “Frankie Shots” Abbatemarco
Ralph “The Head” Abbruzi
Settimo “Big Sam” Accardi
Anthony “Joe Batters” Accardo
Anthony “Tumac” Acceturo
Joseph “Curly” Agone
Joseph ” Joey Doves” Aiuppa
Felix “Milwaukee Phil” Alderisio
James “Jimmy the Monk” Alegretti
Harry “The Hook” Aleman
Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes” Alo
Sebastiano “Buster” Aloi
William “Smokes” Aloiso
Dominick “Fat Dom” Alongi
Louis “Louie Two-Gun” Altiere
Baldassare “Baldo” Amato
Gaetano “Tommy Scar” Amato
Joseph “Black Jack” Amato
Samuzzo “Samoots” Amatuna
Joseph “Joey Brains” Ambrosino
Albert “The Mad Hatter” Anastasia
Anthony “Tough Tony” Anastasio
Joseph “Joey the Builder” Andriacci
Donald “The Wizard of Odds” Angelini
Anthony “Tony the Gawk” Angello
Joseph “Joe Burns” Anselmo
Joseph “Joe Piney” Armone
Louis “Louie Fats” Astuto
Louis “Louie Ha Ha” Attanasio
Alphonse “The Peacemaker” Attardi
Salvatore “Toddo” Aurello
Philip “Joey Cello” Bacino
Ecola “The Eagle” Baldelli
John “Johnny Sausages” Barbato
Joseph “Joe the Animal” Barboza
Frank “Sleepy” Barcellona
James “Jimmy the Duke” Basile
Frank “The Bear” Basto
Charles “Charlie Bats” Battaglia
Sam “Teets” Battaglia
Frank “Frankie Hearts” Bellino
Liborio “Barney” Bellomo
Joseph “Joe Granza” Benintende
Nicholas “Little Nicky” Bianco
John “Futto” Biello
Joseph “Joe Bandy” Biondo
Robert “Bobby Cabert” Bisaccia
Ferdinand “The Shadow” Boccia
Anthony “Tony Boy” Boiardo
Ruggiero “Richie the Boot” Boiardo
Frank “Frankie Bomp” Bompensiero
Joe “Joe Bananas” Bonanno
Robert “Bobby Darrow” Bongiovi
Dominick “Fat Dom” Borghese
Nicholas “The Baron” Bonina
Caesar “The Tall Guy” Bonventre
John Anthony “Tony Bors” Borsellino
Dominick “Nags” Brancata
Lorenzo “Chappie” Brescio
Salvatore “Sally Bugs” Briguglio
Fiore “Fifi” Buccieri
Frank “Frankie The Horse” Buccieri
Lawrence “Larry the Hood” Buonaguidi
James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke
Joel “Joe Waverly” Cacace
Gaetano “Tommy Twitch” Cacciapoli
Vincent “Fish” Cafaro
Leonard “Fat Lennie” Caifano
Michael “Mike Tally” Caiazzo
Frank “Frankie Breeze” Calabrese
Joseph “Little Joe” Calabrese
Vincent “Gazut” Calderazzo
Gerald “Cheesebox” Callahan
William “Willie the Rat” Cammisario
Louis “Little New York” Campagna
Frank “F. Bell” Campanello
Peter “Petey Black” Campisi
Cosmo “Gus” Cangiano
John “Gilly” Cannistraci Jr.
Stephen “Stevie Beefs” Canone
Dominic “Baldy Dom”Canterino
Anthony “Tough Tony” Capezio
Alphone “Scarface” Capone
Ralph “Bottles” Capone
Antonio “Tony Bananas” Caponigro
Gregory “Whitey” Cappello
Nicholas “The Thief” Capuzi
Nick “The Crow” Caramandi
Thomas “Huck” Carbonaro
Anthony “Tony the Sheik” Carillo
Sam “Wings” Carlisi
Anthony “Tony C” Carminati
Joseph “Little Lollipop” Carna
Larry “Big Lollipop” Carna
Anthony “Tony the Sheik” Carillo
Frank “Frankie the Bug” Caruso
Martin “Motts” Casella
Ronald “Ronnie the Pig” Cassesso
Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso
John “Sonny” Castagna
Paul “Big Paul” Castellano
Salvatore “Toto” Catalano
Anthony “Maxie Baer” Cataldo
Frank “Gunner” Catapano
James “Jimmy the Bomber” Catuara
Samuel “Big Sam” Cavalieri
Louis “Blind Louie” Cavalaro
Charles “Cadillac Charlie” Cavallaro
John “Boobie” Cerasini
John “Jackie the Lackey” Cerone
Anthony “The Hatchet” Chiaramonti
Angelo “Chippo” Chieppa
Peter “Fat Pete” Chiodo
Joseph “Chickie” Ciancaglini
Eugene “The Animal” Ciasullo
Anthony “Sonny” Ciccone
Dominick “Quiet Dom” Cirillo
James “Jimmy Brown” Clemenza
James “Big Jim” Colosimo
Joseph “Joe Pits” Congiliaro
George “Georgie Goggles” Conte
Pasquale “Patsy” Conte
Michael “Trigger Mike” Coppola
Charles “Charlie Bananas” Coppolino
Leonardo “Nina” Coppolla
Anthony “Tony Ducks” Corallo
Nicky “Little Nicky” Corazzo
Joseph “Joe Butch” Corrao
Vincent “Vinny Butch” Corrao
Paul “Paulie Ham” Correale
Michael “Dago Mike” Corrozzo
Joseph “Little Bozo” Cortese
James “Sonny Jim” Cosmano
Louis “Lou Brady” Coticchia
Frank “Frankie the Spoon” Cuccharia
Salvatore “Big Nose Sam” Cufari
Ralph “Raffie” Cuomo
William “Billy Fingers” Cutolo
William “Willie Potatoes” Daddano
Anthony “Tony Blue” D’Agostino
Frank “Frankie Flowers” D’Alfonso
Thomas “Fat Tommy” D’Ambrosio
John “Jackie the Nose” D’Amico
Ralph “The Barber” Daniello
Frank “Frankie Dap” D’Apolitano
Alphonse “Little Al” D’Arco
Salvatore “Flungo” DeAngelis
John “Johnny Banana” DeBiase
Angelo “Gyp” DeCarlo
Sam “The Plumber” “The Count” Decavalcante
George “Butterass” DeCicco
Salvatore “Solly D” DeLaurentis
Aniello “The Lamb” Dellacroce
Armond “Buddy” Dellacroce
Anthony “Chickie Spar” Dellarusso
Anthony “Tony Dope” DelSanter
Carl “Toughy” DeLuna
Charles “Charlie West” DeLutro
James “Machine Gun Jack” DeMora
Lawrence “Larry Fab” Dentico
Dominick “Dom the Sailor” DeQuarto
Richard “Bocci” DeScisio
Samuel “Mad Sam” DeStefano
Louis “Louie Crossbay” Diadone
Jack “Legs” Diamond
Robert “DiBi” DiBernardo
Peter “Pete the Crumb” DiCaprio
Paul “Legs” DiCocco
Dominick “Dick Terry” Didato
John “No Nose” DiFronzo
Peter “Sugarhouse” DiGiovanni
Michael “Mikey Scars” DiLeonardo
Frank “Frankie the Hat” DiStefano
Joseph “Joe Beck” DiPalermo
Anthony “Mad Dog” DiPasquale
John “Johnny Dio” DioGuardi
Joseph “Little Caesar” DiVarco
Gaetano “Tommy Ryan” Eboli
Louis “Louie the Mooch” Eboli
Pasquale “Pat Ryan” Eboli
Charles “Charlie Green” Entratta
Jimmy “The Clam” Eppolito
Charles “Charlie the Jap” Errigo
Frank “Frankie the X” Esposito
Natale “Joe Diamond” Evola
James “Jimmy Brown” Failla
Frank “Frankie the Beast” Falanga
Costabile “Gus” Farachi
Carmine “Charlie Wagons” Fatico
Donato “Danny Wags” Fatico
James “Dizzy” Feraco
Peter “Petey Pumps” Ferrara
Joseph “Joey Spoons” “Nagall” Ferriola
Peter “Skinny Pete” Fiamura
Lawrence “Larry Tattoo” Fiorenza
Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi
Vincent “The Butcher” Flemmi
Nicholas “Jiggs” Forlano
John “Sonny” Franzese
Jimmy “The Weasel” Fratianno
Frank “One-Ear Frankie” Fratto
Nicholas “Nicky the Blond” Frustaci
Louis “Louie Beans” Fucceri
Christopher “Christy Ticks” Furnari
Joseph “Davy Crockett” Fusaro
Anthony “Nino” Gaggi
Joseph “Joey Gags” Gagliano
Carmine “Lillo” Galante
James “Jimmy Frogs” Galione
Ralph “Ralphie Wigs” Galione
Albert “Kid Blast” Gallo
Joseph “Crazy Joe” Gallo
Frank “Don Chick” Gambino
Philip “Fat Fungi” Gambino
Joseph “The Eagle” Gatto
Louis “Streaky” Gatto
Joseph “Peppy” Genero
Michele “Mickey Dimino” Generoso
Vito “Billy Jack” Giacalone
Philip “Philly Lucky” Giaccone
Salvatore “Momo” Giancana
Leonard “Needles” Gianola
Vincent “Chin” Gigante
Charles “Cherry Nose” Gioe
John “Handsome Jack” Giordano
Joseph “Joe Jelly” Giorelli
Frederico “Fritzy” Giovanelli
Joseph “Hop Toad” Giunta
Joseph “Joe Black” Gorgone
John “Johnny Boy” Gotti
John “Junior” Gotti Jr.
Nicholas “Nicky Black” Grancio
William “The Wild Guy” Grasso
Sammy “The Bull” Gravano
Louis “Louie the Gimp” Grieco
Vito “Socko” Gurino
Joseph “Joe Loose” Iacobacci
Matthew “Matty the Horse” Ianiello
Joseph “Joe Notch” Iannaci
Francis “Faffy” Iannarella
Charles “Charley White” Iannece
Joseph “Joe Dogs” Iannuzzi
Jimmy “The Little Guy” Ida
Frank “Punchy” Iliano
Joseph “Joey Eye” Inadi
Alphonse “Sonny Red” Indelicato
Ernest “Rocky” Infelise
Vincent “The Saint” Inserro
Carl “Pappy” Ippolito
Joseph “Joe the Barber” LaBarbera
Paul “Needlenose” Labriola
Michael James “Jimmy Needles” LaCapra
Joseph “Joe the Cat” LaForte
Joseph “Joe Black” Lamattina
Ralph “Ralphie Chong” Lamattina
Gennaro “Gerry Lang” Langella
Joseph “Socks” Lanza
Angelo “The Hook” LaPietra
James “Jimmy the Lapper” LaPietra
Joseph “Joey Narrow” Laratro
Salvatore “Sam the Barber” LaRussa
Richard “Richie Phone” Leone
Joseph “Joe the Baker” Liberito
Harry “The Hunchback” Licabini
James “Blackie” Licavoli
Thomas “Yonnie” Licavoli
Frank “Frankie Loc” Locascio
Peter “Mr. Bread” LoCascio
Salvatore “Tory Loc” Locascio
Pasqualino “Patsy” Lolardo
Salvatore “Sally Dogs” Lombardi
Salvatore “Tutti” Lombardino
Anthony “Big Tony” Lombardo
Antonio “The Scourge” Lombardo
Joey “The Clown” Lombardo
Phillip “Benny Squint” Lombardo
Carmine “The Doctor” Lombardozzi
Angelo “Big Ange” Lonardo
Joseph “Big Joe” Lonardo
Anthony “Tony Tea Bags” LoPinto
Frank “Frankie Blaze” LoTiempo
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Dominick “Big Lolly” Luciano
Gaetano “Tommy Brown” Lucchese
Joseph “Joe Pesh” Luparelli
Pasquale “Paddy Mac” Macchiarole
Anthony “Dukey” Maffatore
Joseph “The Fat Man” Magliocco
Frank “Baldy” Maltese
Benjamin “Benny Eggs” Mangano
Phillip “Philly” Mangano
Louis “Bobby” Manna
Joseph “Joe Buddha” Manri
Frank “Frankie the Wop” Manzo
Nicholas “Nicky Glasses” Marangello
Frank “Frankenstein” Maranto
Carlos “Little Big Man” Marcello
James “Jimmy the Man” Marcello
Pasqualino “Pat Marcy” Marchone
John “Johnny Moose” Marone
George “Cowboy” Martorano
Raymond “Long John” Martorano
John “Gentleman Johnny” Masiello
Joseph “Joe the Boss” Masseria
Joseph “Big Joey” Massino
George “Martini” Matrisciano
Vincent “Little Vince” Meli
Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino
Lawrence “Yogi” Merlino
Salvatore “Big Sal” Miciotta
Charles “Charlie Lemons” Mineo
Michele “Mr. Big” Miranda
Leonardo “Leo Lips” Moceri
Joseph “Don Peppino” Modica
John “Curly” Montana
John “Johnny Apes” Monteleone
Dominick “Donnie Shacks” Montemarano
Frank “Butsey” Morelli
Peter “The Clutching Hand” Morello
Nick “Nicky Cowboy” Mormando
Salvatore “Sally the Sheik” Mussachio
James “Jimmy Nap” Napoli
Dominick “Sonny Black” Napolitano
Frank “Chickie” Narducci
Rosario “Black Sam” Nastasia
Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti
Victor “Little Vic” Orena
Louis “Louie Dome” Pacella
John “The Ape” Pacelli
Richard “The Toupee” Pagliarulo
Dominick “Tootsie” Palermo
Joseph “Joe Beans” Palladino
Joseph “Little Beans” Palladino Jr.
Vincent “Tippy” Panella
Frank “Frankie Bones” Papagni
Johnny “Pops” Papalia
Pasquale “Pat the Pig” Parillo
John “Dandy Jack” Parisi
Joseph “Old Man” Paruta
Frank “Big Frank” Pasqua
Dominick “Skinny Dom” Pazonia
Joseph “Joe Peck” Pecora
Thomas “Timmy Murphy” Pecora
Michael “Skinny Mike” Pecoraro
Rocco “The Old Man” Pelligrino
Anthony “Big Tony” Peraino
Alphonse “Allie Boy” Persico
Carmine “Junior” Persico
Dominick “The Gap” Petrilli
Americo “The Cigar” Petrillo
William “Butch” Petrocelli
Nicholas “Nicky Buck” Piccolo
Anthony “Little Augie” Pisano
Anthony “Tony Waterguns” Pisapia
Salvatore “Dago Louie” Piscopo
Thomas “Tommy Karate” Pitera
James “Jimmy Doyle” Plumeri
Salvatore “Crazy Sal” Polisi
Alphonse “Al the Owl” Polizzi
Albert “Reds” Pontani
Frank “Frankie Steel” Pontillo
Rocco “The Parrot” Potenza
Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano
Frank “Frankie Pugs” Pugliano
Joseph “Joe Putsy” Puzzangara
Raffaele “Jimmy Q” Quasarano
Anthony “Tony Roach” Rampino
James “Jimmy Ran” Randazzio
Philip “Rusty” Rastelli
Nicholas “Cockeyed Nick” Rattenni
Abe “Kid Twist” Reles
Paul “The Waiter” Ricca
Louis “Louie Braciole” Ricco
Harry “The Hunchback” Riccobene
Joseph “Joe Bono” Riccobono
Natale “Big Chris” Richichi
Frank “Slippery” Rio
Vincent “Vinny Oil” Rizzuto
Joseph “Johnny Roberts” Robilotto
Michael “Mike the Wiseguy” Rocco
Angelo “Munge” Russetti
Alfredo “The Blind Pig” Rossi
Joseph “Joe the Hop” Rossi
Arnold “The Brain” Rothstein
Anthony “Fat Andy” Ruggiano
Angelo “Fat Ange” Ruggiero
Dominic “Lefty Guns” “Lefty” “Lefty Two Guns” “Half Cock” Ruggiero
Ernest “The Hawk” Rupulo
Anthony “Little #####” Russo
Thomas “Big Tom” Sabatino
Ignazio “Lupo the Wolf” Saietta
Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno
Frank “Cadillac Frank” Salemme
Joseph “Joe Yonkers” Salistino
Joseph “Joe the Horse” Salvucci
Albert “Fat Al” Samenza
Salvatore “Tom Mix” Santoro
Girolamo “Bobby Doyle” Santuccio
Francisco “Don Cheech” Scalise
Nicodemus “Little Nicky” Scarfo
Anthony “Scappy” Scarpati
Francesco “Frankie Skiball” Scibelli
Louis “Brother” Scida
Charles “Charlie Scoops” Scoperto
Salvatore “Sally Shields” Shillitani
Joseph “Joe Rivers” Silesi
John “Johnny Bubble Gum” Silvestri
John “Johnny Keys” Simone
Joseph “Joe Blondy” Simonelli
Clyde “Flip Flop” Smaldone
Eugene “Checkers” Smaldone
Pat “The Cat” Sperito
Thomas “Shorty” Spero
Tony “The Ant” Spilotro
Michael “Baldy Mike” Spinelli
Frank “Frankie Steel” Stillitano
Joseph “Joe Stretch” Straci
Anthony “Tony Bender” Strollo
Louis “Louie the Fox” Taglianetti
Peter “Little Pete” Tambone
Enrico Henry “The Referee” Tameleo
Albert “Tick Tock” Tannenbaum
Francisco “Frankie the 500″ Telleri
Frederick “The Angel” Tenuto
Vincent “Fat Vinnie” Teresa
Philip “The Chicken Man” Testa
Frank “Funzi” Tieri
William “Black Bill” Tocco
Joseph “Lead Pipe Joe” Todaro
Salvatore “Black Sam” Todaro
Philip “Philly Beans” Tolemeo
Nicholas “Big Nose Nick” Tolentino
Joseph “Joe T” Tomasello James
Vincent “Turk” Torello
Anthony “Torty” Tortorello
Charles “Charlie the Blade” Tourine
Carmine “Mr. Gribbs” Tramunti
Anthony “Tony Pep” Trentacosta
Dominick “Big Trin” Trinchera
Joseph “Peanuts” Tronolone
Joseph “Joe Cargo” Valachi
Louis “Big Lou” Vallerio
John “The Bug” Varelli
Salvatore “Babe” Vario
Vito “Tuddy” Vario
Pasquale “Paddy Bulldog” Varriale
Joseph “Babe” Vento
Nicholas “The Choir Boy” Viana
Paul “Fat Paulie” Villano
James “Jimmy the Sniff” Vintaloro
Nicholas “Nicky Blades” Virgilio
Joseph “Joey Yack” Yacovelli
Ilario “Larry Baiona” Zannino
George “Georgie Neck” Zappola
George “Georgie Saturday” Zarate
Joseph “the Old Man” Zerilli
Anthony “Little Tony” Zizzo