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.[1] Similar to how Soprano owned the fictional Bada Bing! strip club on the show, Palermo owned a strip-club called Wiggles.[2]