Bruno Tattaglia
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| Bruno Tattaglia | |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Eye color |
Brown |
| Hair color |
Dark Brown |
| Born |
June 15, 1915 |
| Died |
December 22, 1945 (30) |
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- "You got no chance. You're a dead man, my friend."
- ―Bruno Tattaglia[src]
Bruno Tattaglia is the Underboss of the Tattaglia family following the death of Johnny Tattaglia in 1946. He was portrayed by Tony Giorgio.
[edit] Biography
Bruno was the youngest son of Don Phillip Tattaglia, head of one of New York's Five Families and owner of The Luna Bar nightclub. He considered men like his father to be things of the past, and was seeking a way to modernise his Family.
Along with business partner Virgil Sollozzo, he struck the first blow in the war with the Corleone family by helping murder Corleone enforcer Luca Brasi, who had met with Bruno to try and infiltrate the rival faction.
Bruno later provided assistance to Sollozzo via his friendship to Captain Mark McCluskey, who became Sollozzo's bodyguard, and later assisted them in attempting to finish off Don Vito. The attempt failed, and a furious Sonny Corleone lashed out, ordering his men to kill Bruno. Sal Tessio described the hit as occurring at "4 o'clock in the morning."
[edit] The Novel
Although Tattaglia's death is not shown on film, the novel describes him being murdered in his own nightclub.
[edit] The Game
Soon after the hit on Don Corleone, Bruno murdered Frankie Malone at the St. Michael's Church. and incurred the wrath of her boyfriend Aldo Trapani, a Corleone enforcer. At this time, Bruno had recently become the Family underboss after the murder of his brother Johnny.
To lure Bruno out, Trapani and Sonny Corleone killed a Tattaglia Capo who was cremated at the Family funeral parlour, Tito Morelli's.
Bruno arrived at the funeral, prepared for an attack, an engaged Trapani in a shootout. Trapani was victorious, wounding Tattaglia, who continued to taunt him until he was eventually flung into the cremation oven. This occurred at roughly 4:00 a.m. Bruno's demise struck a blow to the Tattaglia Family, who later retaliated by shooting Sonny Corleone at the Jones Beach Causeway. he was killed in 1947.
