Vic Damone
Frank Costello “Prime Minister of the Underworld”
hooked over the sill and I grabbed his tie . . . I had a death grip on that tie,” Damone says. His agent came to the rescue with a bear hug, then brokered a sit-down with mobsters including Luciano-family kingpin Frank Costello. The panel ruled a girl getting married needs to learn how to cook and to respect her new mother-in-law. Costello said: “He’s gonna live. Don’t touch him.”
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03292009/gossip/pagesix/mob_almost_killed_damone_161889.htm
Vic was a regular for my mothers Sunday Sauce. He always brought a bottle of vino. Back in those days, his hairline was so low it made him look like a werewolf, and he had to shave his temples back
Anthony Fiato
