Rosario Parrino
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Rosario "Sasa" Parrino (1890-May 31, 1930) was a made member of the Schiro crime family (the present day Bonanno crime family) in New York City. During the 1920s, Parrino moved to Detroit and joined the mafia family of Gaspare Milazzo and, during the early months of Milazzo's family's war against Joseph "Joe the Boss" Masseria, Parrino was shot and killed with Milazzo in a Detroit fish market on May 31, 1931.
Rosario's brother, Giuseppe, was a member of Maranzano's family in Brooklyn, New York. He was murdered in a Manhattan restaurant on January 16, 1931 [1].
[edit] Further reading
- Bonanno, Joseph. A Man of Honor: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. ISBN 0-312-97923-1
- Capeci, Jerry. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
