Rocco Lampone
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| Rocco Lampone | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Gender |
Male |
| Eye color |
Brown |
| Hair color |
Brown |
| Born |
March 17, 1915 |
| Died |
March 3, 1959, rumored to be alive in The Godfather 3 (aged 43) |
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| Portrayed By |
Tom Rosqui |
- "Difficult. Not impossible."
- ―Rocco Lampone[src]
Rocco Lampone is one of Michael Corleone's caporegimes. He was portrayed by Tom Rosqui.
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[edit] Biography
Once a soldier who was sent home from the front after having his leg crippled, Lampone began his career in organized crime in Peter Clemenza's regime, assisting in the rescue of Tom Hagen, the Family consigliere. Shortly after, he "made his bones" assassinating the treacherous Paulie Gatto in The Godfather, after Clemenza selected him out to be made in Gatto's place.
He was well trusted by Michael, who hired him to build a secret regime in case of emergency, and in preparation for Michael's ascension to the role of Don. The creation of this regime did not go unnoticed, as Tom Hagen discovered this operation soon after, realising that he was being phased out. Rocco also acted as chaffeur for the elderly Vito Corleone, a role also previously filled by Paulie Gatto. Rocco acted as a reserve capo during the five families war,ordering the deaths of Luigi Fusco,Michael Costa,Kelly Berry and Giovanni Armanno.These deaths serves crippling blows to the others families,and helped further Lampone's further career,which had been somewhat crippled after his gambling obsession had left him in debt to Aldo Trapani and several other junior members of the Family.
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Rocco and Clemenza, following the murder of Paulie Gatto.
[edit] The Move to Nevada
He and and Aldo Trapani also shot Phillip Tattaglia at the St Sebastian hotel, after leading a search from the Embassy Club in Brooklyn.He later attend Trapani's initiation as Don ,a long with Dominic Corleone and Jimmy Denunzio
Rocco subsequently becomes caporegime to Michael Corleone after the family's move to Nevada and the betrayal of Salvatore Tessio, and arranges security for the Lake Tahoe compound; he is, however, unable to prevent the attempted assassination of Michael by two mobsters hired by his rival Hyman Roth and allowed in by unwitting fellow conspirator Fredo Corleone.
[edit] Death
When the time comes to take revenge on Roth, it is Rocco who opines that assassinating him would be "difficult, not impossible", and is personally entrusted with the hit assisted by Dominic Corleone, who has a personal score to settle with Roth. Disguised as a reporter, Rocco successfully approaches Roth at Miami International Airport and shoots him, but despite the ensuing panic and confusion, he is in turn shot dead by a police officer while fleeing the scene, but possibly survived because of the information below.
[edit] Behind the Scenes
In the drafts for The Godfather: Part Three Rocco was included as a character, indicating that his shooting at the airport was intended to only wound him.
