1. Paul John "Frankie" Carbo was born on Paolo Giovanni Carbo,.
11 Facts About Frankie Carbo
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Frankie Carbo was sent to the New York State Reformatory for juvenile delinquents at age eleven.
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Frankie Carbo eventually agreed to a plea bargain of manslaughter in exchange for a reduced sentence of two to four years in prison.
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In 1931, Frankie Carbo was charged with the murder of Philadelphia mobster Michael "Mickey" Duffy in Atlantic City, New Jersey; however, Frankie Carbo was eventually released.
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In 1939, Frankie Carbo allegedly participated in the murder of informant Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg in California; he was arrested for it two years later.
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Frankie Carbo's death was ruled a suicide, and the case against Carbo was eventually dismissed.
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Former Philadelphia crime family boss Ralph Natale has claimed that Frankie Carbo was responsible for murdering Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel in Beverly Hills, California, in 1947 at the behest of Meyer Lansky.
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At the time Palermo and Frankie Carbo acquired their interest in Liston, the notorious Frankie Carbo was imprisoned on Rikers Island, having been convicted of the undercover management of prizefighters and unlicensed matchmaking.
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Frankie Carbo took the Fifth Amendment 25 times, answering "I cannot be compelled to be a witness against myself".
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Frankie Carbo died in Miami Beach, Florida, on November 9,1976.
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Frankie Carbo is the inspiration for boxing promoter Nick Benko, played by Rod Steiger in the 1956 film The Harder They Fall.