John Franzese

John "Sonny" Franzese, Sr. (February 6, 1917 – February 24, 2020) was an Italian-American longtime member and underboss of the Colombo crime family. Franzese was famous as the oldest active member of the American Mafia. Franzese was an associate producer of the 2002 movie "This Thing of Ours".
Franzese was born in Naples and raised in New York City.
Franzese was released from the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Massachusetts on June 23, 2017, at the age of 100.
Franzese died on February 24, 2020, in a New York City hospital at the age of 103.