Nicodemo 'Butchie' Molinari was the younger brother of Anthony Molinari, the Don of San Francisco and elder brother of Dino.

BiographyEdit

Becoming underboss to his brother when the Molinari family was formed in the 1930s, Nicodemo became known in mob circles as 'Butchie'. He was in charge of the hotels and casinos that the family owned in Las Vegas.

SuccessionEdit

After Anthony died in a plane crash that also claimed the life Los Angeles Don, Frank Falcone, Nicodemo became the new Don, and (after coersion from Michael Corleone) publicly accepted that he believed the crash was an accident, unaware that Corleone had arranged the crash in order to wipe out his foes in the West. Privately, Nicodemo believed that Louie Russo was responsible. He maintained excellent relations with the Corleones.

Molinari continued to reign as Don until the helicopter attack orchestrated by Joey Zasa in 1979, which almost wiped out the entire Commission, save for a few men, including Osvaldo Altobello and Michael Corleone.