Frank Valenti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American mob boss
Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1911
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 20-Sep-2008
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Frank Valenti
- Frank J.
- Valenti (September 14, 1911 ā September 20, 2008) was boss of the criminal organization known as the Rochester crime family from 1964 to 1972.
- As the head of the organization he oversaw gambling, prostitution and extortion rackets operating in the city of Rochester, New York for 8 years. Frank and his brother Constenze "Stanley" Valenti were among the 100+ Mafiosi that attended the legendary Apalachin Meeting in 1957.
- At the time, Frank was underboss of the family.
- Joe Valachi identified the Valenti brothers as central figures in the Mafia when he became a government witness in 1963.
- Valachi also stated that Frank was a soldier in the Bonanno crime family of New York City.According to the U.S.
- Social Security Death Index, Frank was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he became a powerful crime figure throughout the 1930sā1950s.
- Valenti also owned a chain of Spaghetti Village restaurants in Pennsylvania.
- In 1958, Frank's brother Stanley was boss of the Rochester crime family and refused to cooperate with law enforcement regarding questioning about the Apalachin Meeting.
- As a result, Constenze was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
- Jake Russo took this opportunity to seize control of the family.
- Frank tried to intervene but was ordered out of the state for 3 years following a conviction for violation of the election laws.
- He moved back to Pittsburgh in the early 1960s, serving as a capo in the Pittsburgh crime family under John LaRocca.
- In 1964, with support from the LaRocca family, Valenti returned to Rochester and took control of the family.
- Jake Russo disappeared around that time, never to be seen again. In 1970, Valenti informed Stefano Magaddino that the Rochester crime family would no longer pay tribute to Buffalo; the Rochester crime family was on its own, with support from the Pittsburgh crime family.
- He had a stint in federal prison on extortion charges, before moving to Arizona, and then Texas. Frank Valenti was A commissioned member of Buffalo, New York.
- He moved to Arizona in 1977, where he was allowed to retire. He died on September 20, 2008, at a nursing home in Sugar Land outside Houston at the age of 97.
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