hood hits it big

Joe Di Carlo was a longtime associate of Mobster, Mickey Cohen,  and  organized crime  figures, Joe and Fred.Sica.  De Carlo was sitting  with Mickey Cohen and  cowardly, gunman, Sam  Lo Cigno, the  night La Cigno  shot to  death, unarmed  hoodlum,  Jack  Whalen , aka Jack O’Hara…  Joe Di Carlo   started out  a  minor hood and he wound up making a big  success of  himself as a  entertainment  manger.  He got rich  managing Superstar  Cher.. .  In my  book,  “The Animal in Hollywood” . I mention  how  I grabbed Di Carlo  to  do me a  solid, “or, else”,  in  a private Beverly Hills club  named Pips with  my  associate  John Di Mattia…     Anthony   Fiato