Genco Abbandando
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| Genco Abbandando | |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Eye color |
Brown |
| Hair color |
Black |
| Born |
June 27, 1893 |
| Died |
August 25, 1945 (aged 52) |
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- "Stay with me Godfather. Help me meet death. If he sees you, he will be frightened and leave me in peace. You can say a word, pull a few strings, eh? We'll outwit that bastard as we outwitted all those others."
- ―Genco Abbandando[src]
Genco Abbandando was the first consigliere of the Corleone Family, and childhood friend Vito Corleone. He was portrayed by Frank Sivero (in his youth) and Franco Corsaro in his old age.
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[edit] Biography
Born and raised in Hell's Kitchen, Genco worked at his father's grocery store from an early age. He became firm friends with the hired hand, Vito Corleone and was upset when Vito was moved out by the neighbourhood Don, Massimo Fanucci, even offering to steal from his father to help his jobless friend. Vito refused, saying this would be an offense to his father.
When Vito became the new Don of the neighbourhood, he hired Genco to act as his consigliere, and named his front company 'Genco Pura' after his friend. Genco served him loyally, showing incredibly insight, especially when Vito's son Santino wanted to join the Family business, the wily consigliere had the youth closely assigned to his father as a bodyguard so he could closely learn the Family business, as well as be kept under Vito's control.
After the Olive Oil War, when Vito Corleone's power was secure, Genco and his family moved into a house on Vito's Long Beach estate, leaving the grocery to his nephew, Christopher Abbandando.
[edit] Demise
Genco remained an intelligent and active advisor until he was stricken with cancer and died with the Don at his side in 1945. He was replaced as consigliere by Tom Hagen.
[edit] Succession
- "If I had a wartime consigliere, a Sicilian consigliere I wouldn't be in this mess. Pop had Genco, look what I got."
- ―Sonny Corleone[src]
Genco was succeeded as consigliere by Tom Hagen, Vito's adopted son, whose appointment was controversial due to his German-Irish heritage. Many, including Corleone foe Virgil Sollozzo, and occassionally even Sonny Corleone himself, claimed that Genco, as a Sicilian, was more adept as a 'wartime consigliere'.
[edit] Real Life Sources
Genco possibly could have been based on Magaddino Family Mobster Peter Magaddino.
