Leo Cuneo
Biographical Information
Gender	Male
Died	1979 Atlantic City, U.S.
Affiliation	Cuneo
Title(s)	Don

"Zasa! You son of a bitch!"

―Leo Cuneo^[src]

Leo Cuneo was the Don of the Cuneo family from 1955 to 1979.

BiographyEdit

Son of Carmine, Leo Cuneo became boss of the Cuneo family after his father was killed by Corleone family assassin Willie Cicci. Unlike Carmine, Leo maintained a good business relationship with the Corleone family, providing them with the location of family enemy Fabrizio and buying shares of their casinos in Nevada. He was present at the Commission meeting in Atlantic City, where, shortly after receiving his shares with interest, he was gunned down by Joey Zasa's assassins.

Behind the scenesEdit

Leo Cuneo's name came from Ottilio "Leo the Milkman" Cuneo, which was the name of Carmine Cuneo in The Godfather novel. In an earlier draft of the screenplay, the disaster at the Commission meeting was a tip-off, not a massacre, and Cuneo was caught trying to escape, his lucky coat snagged on a tree.