Salvatore Bonanno
Salvatore Vincent "Bill" Bonanno (November 5, 1932 – January 1, 2008) was an American mobster who served as consigliere of the Bonanno crime family, and son of crime boss Joseph Bonanno. Later in life, he became a writer and produced films for television about his family. Early life Bonanno was the first child of Joseph and Fay (née Labruzzo) Bonanno, born on November 5, 1932, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. His father had come from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy, along with his mother Catherine and father Salvatore. His father became boss of the Bonanno crime family a year before he was born. In 1938, after his father purchased property in Hempstead, Long Island, he next attended school there after the family relocated. At the age of 10, Bonanno developed a severe mastoid ear infection. In order to aid in treating this ailment, his parents enrolled him in a Catholic boarding school in the dry climate of Tucson, Arizona. Bonanno attended Tucson High. Between 1950 and 1952, Bonanno attended the University of Arizona, but never graduated. On August 18, 1956, Bonanno married Rosalie Marie Profaci, daughter of Salvatore Lawrence Profaci Sr., brother of Profaci crime family boss