Michael Franzese
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1,097 appearances
1 recordings
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 19 Jul
Michael Franzese’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But I didn't run into that kind of resistance from people.
And neither did we.
I was born in 51.
So we're talking, you know, late 50s, early 60s.
And right through the 60s is when my dad really, you know, had all his trouble.
So it was that whole decade.
You know, it was just the opposite with me.
My dad, you know, preached against me doing anything but getting an education.
He wanted me to go to school.
He wanted me to be a doctor.
He was, you know, hell-bent on education.
Mike, you're going to be the first professional in the family.
And he meant it.
He kept me on that road.
It wasn't until, you know, he was indicted in a federal case for masterminding a nationwide string of bank robberies.
He gets convicted.
He gets a 50-year prison sentence.
in 1967, and in 1970, when I was 19, he went off to do his time.
Joe Colombo, who was the boss of our family, and I was very close with that family, he kind of takes me under his wing.
We started to march with the Italian American Civil Rights League.
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