James Earle Breslin
October 17, 1928–March 19, 2017
Alfred Damon Runyon
October 4, 1880–December 10 1946
Rosemary Dattolico Breslin
1931–1981
Spouse, 1954–1981
Ronnie Eldridge
Spouse, 1982–2017
James, Kevin, Rosemary, Patrick, Kelly, & Christopher
The Breslin children
James Earle Breslin, Sr. & Frances
Parents
Deirdre Breslin
Sister
LONE KILLERS
including:
David Berkowitz
Serial killer
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassin
Sirhan Sirhan
Assassin
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MOBSTERS
including:
Frank Costello
Prime Minister, the Mob
Tony Provenzano
Labor racketeer
Joe Valachi
Mob stoolie
Big Mama Nunziata
The last Gallo on President St.
Joe Gallo
Mob clown prince
Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso
Rat
Joe Magliocco
Profaci crime family boss
Jimmy “the Gent” Burke
Mastermind of the Lufthansa heist
Burton Kaplan
Mob associate, government informant
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GOOD COPS
including:
Bill Clark
Lead detective, Son of Sam case
Tony Cama
Detective, Son of Sam case
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FBI AGENTS
including:
Steve Cerbone
Lead agent, Lufthansa heist
Bill Simon, Joseph Casper
Frank Sinatra, Jr., kidnapping
HISTORICAL FIGURES
including:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
President of the United States
Richard Milhous Nixon
President of the United States
Malcolm X
Civil rights activist, Muslim minister
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil rights leader, Nobel Prize winner
Robert F. Kennedy
Attorney General of the United States, US Senator
John Lennon
Musician
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GRAVEDIGGERS
Clifton Pollard
JFK Gravedigger
William Weatroski
Andrew Goodman Gravedigger
BRESLIN’S PEOPLE
including:
Mel Lebetkin
aka Klein the Lawyer
Fat Thomas
known on his arrest records as Thomas Rand
Mutchie
Bar owner
Pep McGuire
Bar owner
Marvin the Torch
Arsonist
Un Occhio
Pleasant Avenue mob boss
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NEWSPAPER OWNERS
John Hay (Jock) Whitney
New York Herald Tribune
Dorothy Schiff
New York Post
Rupert Murdoch
New York Post
ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY
including:
Cardinal Bernard Law
Father Bruce Ritter
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OTHER SUPPORTING CAST
Joan Whitney Payson
Owner of the New York Mets
Donald Manes
Queens Borough President
Rudy Giuliani
Attorney, Mayor of New York City
Bernie Goetz
Subway shooter
Donald Trump
Real estate magnate, TV personality, future President
Hugh Carey
Governor of New York
Ed McDonald
Attorney
Sterling Lord
Breslin’s agent
Morty Matz
Public relations man