Giovanni Tangredi

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Giovanni is Johnny's&#160;uncle and "Godfather", the boss of the Tangredi Crime Family.&#160;

Life
He was born Giovanni Michelangelo Tangredi on October 12th, 1883, to a family of Sicilian mafiosi. Giovanni and his older brother, Giuseppe, worked as bandit/thug in the hills of Sicily, making sure that their farmer constitiuents paid up the protection money they owed the Tangredi family. Giovanni was a little less ruthless than Giuseppe when it came to punishing those who failed to pay. In 1906, his father became ill and died and he and his brother decided to leave Sicily to escape the autorities who were trying to go after them. The family then continued their tradition of crime when they arrived in the United States and settled in New York City. When Giuseppe was killed, Giovanni took over the "family business". Giovanni was known for being all about the business, and even favored Johnny over his own sons becaise Johnny made a better Mafia member.

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Death
Giovanni died of congestive heart failure in 1944. It was shortly after his youngest son, Mikey, was killed during a hit by a rival gang, leading some in the family to believe he had died of greif. After his death, Johnny assumed the role of boss.