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Joe Primanti

Joe Primanti (born 1934) was a Trapani crime family caporegime.

Biography[]

Joe Primanti was born in the Bowery neighborhood of Little Italy, New York City in 1934, and he became an associate under Corleone crime family capo Peter Clemenza. Primanti was trained as a medic, and he later worked under Frank Pentangeli. In February 1959, Dominic Corleone decided to "make" Primanti as the first soldato in the restructured Trapani crime family, and he would later reward his loyalty to the family by elevating him to caporegime. 

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