Vincent Palermo
Vincent Palermo | |
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| Born | June 4, 1944 New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Crime boss |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Sam DeCavalcante (uncle-in-law) |
| Allegiance | DeCavalcante crime family |
Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo (born June 4, 1944) is an Italian-American former mobster who was the de facto boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of North Jersey before becoming a government witness in 1999. Fictional mob boss Tony Soprano, the protagonist of the HBO series The Sopranos, is said to be based upon Palermo. Similar to how Soprano worked from the fictional Bada Bing! strip club owned by Silvio Dante on the show, Palermo owned a strip club called Wiggles.