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Anthony "Amp" Elmore - Former Five Time World Kickboxing Champion. First Black Super heavyweight World Kickboxing Champion. wrote, produced, directed and starred in “Iron Thunder” based on his life story.
Anthony Ruggiano Jr. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G3kmrHZ4SRk&t=2479s
The Past
Anthony Ruggiano Jr was born into the mafia via his father Anthony ‘Fat Andy’ Ruggiano Sr. in 1953. His mother was distant as opposed to his father who, despite being a mafia hitman, was a warm and loving figure throughout his life. Anthony was born in East New York and moved to Ozone Park when he was five. He has one brother and one sister. Due to his exposure to a life in crime from such a young age, it was only unavoidable he later joined his father and ran his own crew.
Anthony’s father 'Fat Andy' became a made member of the mafia in 1953 under the tutelage of Albert Anastasia, and quickly became a feared boss with one of the biggest crews in New York City. Fat Andy was featured in the beginning of Goodfellas, for having been part of the biggest robbery known to man. For as tough as Fat Andy could be he was also a loving and caring son, father, neighbor and grandfather.
It wasn't until Anthony was thirteen however, that he truly pieced together who his father truly was. Fat Andy took him to clubs where he met the likes of John Gotti, and he began to read up about his father through articles. At the age of 16 Anthony was suspended from high school, and his father asked him what he wanted to do with his life. Anthony said he wanted to work for him, at this point knowing full well what that meant.
Fat Andy kept exposing his son to other bosses and captains like O’Neal, who was the underboss of the Gambino family. At this point, through Fat Andy and his partner Tony Lee's guidance, Anthony began to form his own crew. The NYPD quickly learned who he was and began to arrest him in hopes they could shake off some money from his father. Anthony was also exposed to cocaine and the drug world too.
At twenty-three Anthony was convicted of burglary and grand larceny but due to the lavish party his father threw in his honor, he wasn't aware of the conseconsequences of going to jail. Upon Anthony’s release, Fat Andy moved to South Miami where he began to run a crew, until his arrest and 40-year conviction. At this point, Anthony's addiction began to accelerate and take its toll.
Over the course of the next twenty-one years, Fat Andy and Anthony were either both in prison at the same time or one was out and the other was in. His father continued to run his crew through Anthony and Tony Lee where extreme acts of violence and other crimes were being committed through his blessing.
The Past
Anthony Ruggiano Jr was born into the mafia via his father Anthony ‘Fat Andy’ Ruggiano Sr. in 1953. His mother was distant as opposed to his father who, despite being a mafia hitman, was a warm and loving figure throughout his life. Anthony was born in East New York and moved to Ozone Park when he was five. He has one brother and one sister. Due to his exposure to a life in crime from such a young age, it was only unavoidable he later joined his father and ran his own crew.
Anthony’s father 'Fat Andy' became a made member of the mafia in 1953 under the tutelage of Albert Anastasia, and quickly became a feared boss with one of the biggest crews in New York City. Fat Andy was featured in the beginning of Goodfellas, for having been part of the biggest robbery known to man. For as tough as Fat Andy could be he was also a loving and caring son, father, neighbor and grandfather.
It wasn't until Anthony was thirteen however, that he truly pieced together who his father truly was. Fat Andy took him to clubs where he met the likes of John Gotti, and he began to read up about his father through articles. At the age of 16 Anthony was suspended from high school, and his father asked him what he wanted to do with his life. Anthony said he wanted to work for him, at this point knowing full well what that meant.
Fat Andy kept exposing his son to other bosses and captains like O’Neal, who was the underboss of the Gambino family. At this point, through Fat Andy and his partner Tony Lee's guidance, Anthony began to form his own crew. The NYPD quickly learned who he was and began to arrest him in hopes they could shake off some money from his father. Anthony was also exposed to cocaine and the drug world too.
At twenty-three Anthony was convicted of burglary and grand larceny but due to the lavish party his father threw in his honor, he wasn't aware of the conseconsequences of going to jail. Upon Anthony’s release, Fat Andy moved to South Miami where he began to run a crew, until his arrest and 40-year conviction. At this point, Anthony's addiction began to accelerate and take its toll.
Over the course of the next twenty-one years, Fat Andy and Anthony were either both in prison at the same time or one was out and the other was in. His father continued to run his crew through Anthony and Tony Lee where extreme acts of violence and other crimes were being committed through his blessing.
Michael and Travis Thompson - Nephew and Great Nephew of the 1930's Gangster John Dillinger ... Book coming soon ... Podcast - Digging Up Dillinger ...
Rita Gigante
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0soektqCEVQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrcbxUy-n2E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkBAy6SFxWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVrG5D21bqw
Rita Gigante grew up in a world swirling with secrets, lies, and multiple sins. Her father, notorious Mafia boss Vincent “the Chin” Gigante, was the leader of the Genovese crime clan and the head of all five New York crime families for decades. But until she was 16, she was kept in the dark about his underworld activities. She unknowingly hung out at mob headquarters and witnessed her dad’s whispered meetings around the dinner table, but only knew what she was told by her mother and siblings about his odd behavior: Dad’s sick. Keep your mouth shut. Don’t talk about the family. Living with the family secret—and other shocking betrayals she was to uncover, then instructed to conceal—plunged Rita into emotional and physical turmoil for years. And then there was the blockbuster secret she herself kept hidden away: As the youngest girl in an old-fashioned, devout Catholic family, how could she confess to the unforgiving Godfather that she was a lesbian? They were all going to hell, she figured . . . unless she could find a way to embrace the truth and find redemption. In The Godfather’s Daughter, Rita details her spiritual journey as she unravels the mysteries of her family and herself, and learns what it means to live in the truth she finds. It’s a real-life father-daughter tale of betrayal and faith, violence and love—and how a young woman escaped from a spiraling darkness to reach the light. And in the end, with his daughter’s healing help, even the Godfather finally learns to live in the light and atone for his sins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0soektqCEVQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrcbxUy-n2E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkBAy6SFxWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVrG5D21bqw
Rita Gigante grew up in a world swirling with secrets, lies, and multiple sins. Her father, notorious Mafia boss Vincent “the Chin” Gigante, was the leader of the Genovese crime clan and the head of all five New York crime families for decades. But until she was 16, she was kept in the dark about his underworld activities. She unknowingly hung out at mob headquarters and witnessed her dad’s whispered meetings around the dinner table, but only knew what she was told by her mother and siblings about his odd behavior: Dad’s sick. Keep your mouth shut. Don’t talk about the family. Living with the family secret—and other shocking betrayals she was to uncover, then instructed to conceal—plunged Rita into emotional and physical turmoil for years. And then there was the blockbuster secret she herself kept hidden away: As the youngest girl in an old-fashioned, devout Catholic family, how could she confess to the unforgiving Godfather that she was a lesbian? They were all going to hell, she figured . . . unless she could find a way to embrace the truth and find redemption. In The Godfather’s Daughter, Rita details her spiritual journey as she unravels the mysteries of her family and herself, and learns what it means to live in the truth she finds. It’s a real-life father-daughter tale of betrayal and faith, violence and love—and how a young woman escaped from a spiraling darkness to reach the light. And in the end, with his daughter’s healing help, even the Godfather finally learns to live in the light and atone for his sins.
Randy Jurgensen - -credits - Actor credits - The French Connection- Trailer -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76K3RxJY0A, . The French Connection won five academy awards -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Rx074UTUc - The Godfather - Trailer -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1S34973zA , Cops And Robbers, Superman, Cruising - trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSasuf3JoU The Making of -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EYRP23WXzk&t=997s
Maniac, Fort Apache, The Bronx, Vigilante, Thinner, Donnie Brasco. Producer Credits - Associate Producer -
One Down Two To Go, Thinner. Die Hard With A Vengeance - technical advisor- Cruising - Technical Advisor- The French Connection - Technical advisor .
Bio - Randy Jurgensen was an NYPD detective for decades before becoming
a major technical advisor in film and television. He worked with Eddie Egan
and Sonny Grosso in the original case that inspired the French Connection
story, and pursued cop killers both in New York and across the country
until his retirement from the NYPD in the late 1970s.
Made his first break in William Friedkin's French Connection, in which he
played a police sergeant and serve as technical consultant alongside
partners Sonny Grosso and Eddie Egan
Plays regulars cameos as a police officer in several seventies exploitations
including William Friedkin' films.
His character (Lieutenant Lefronsky) in William Friedkin's Cruising was
autobiographic. He really proceeded to the arrest of the real life criminal
who inspired the events of Cruising (and believe it or not the killer made a
cameo in Friedkin's The Exorcist!!!)
Was involved in William Lustig's films Maniac and Vigilante serving as a
police advisor, production manager and even stuntman.
Randy Jurgensen was once involved in a sting operation in Greenwich
Village wherein he arrested Lenny Bruce on an obscenity charge.
Randy Jurgensen was involved in the 1972 Harlem mosque shooting
incident wherein NYPD officer Phil Cardillo was shot and killed. Jurgensen
later co-wrote a book about the notorious story, its investigation, and
media fallout entitled "Circle Of Six.".
Maniac, Fort Apache, The Bronx, Vigilante, Thinner, Donnie Brasco. Producer Credits - Associate Producer -
One Down Two To Go, Thinner. Die Hard With A Vengeance - technical advisor- Cruising - Technical Advisor- The French Connection - Technical advisor .
Bio - Randy Jurgensen was an NYPD detective for decades before becoming
a major technical advisor in film and television. He worked with Eddie Egan
and Sonny Grosso in the original case that inspired the French Connection
story, and pursued cop killers both in New York and across the country
until his retirement from the NYPD in the late 1970s.
Made his first break in William Friedkin's French Connection, in which he
played a police sergeant and serve as technical consultant alongside
partners Sonny Grosso and Eddie Egan
Plays regulars cameos as a police officer in several seventies exploitations
including William Friedkin' films.
His character (Lieutenant Lefronsky) in William Friedkin's Cruising was
autobiographic. He really proceeded to the arrest of the real life criminal
who inspired the events of Cruising (and believe it or not the killer made a
cameo in Friedkin's The Exorcist!!!)
Was involved in William Lustig's films Maniac and Vigilante serving as a
police advisor, production manager and even stuntman.
Randy Jurgensen was once involved in a sting operation in Greenwich
Village wherein he arrested Lenny Bruce on an obscenity charge.
Randy Jurgensen was involved in the 1972 Harlem mosque shooting
incident wherein NYPD officer Phil Cardillo was shot and killed. Jurgensen
later co-wrote a book about the notorious story, its investigation, and
media fallout entitled "Circle Of Six.".