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      • The real-life gangster who is most widely accepted as the "real" Tony Soprano is Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo, with whom Tony shares many similarities, but whose stories diverge considerably toward the end.
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  2. Fictional mob boss Tony Soprano, the protagonist of the HBO series The Sopranos, is said to be based upon Palermo. [1] Similar to how Soprano owned the fictional Bada Bing! strip club on the show, Palermo owned a strip-club called Wiggles.

  3. Oct 11, 2023 · The 2006 documentary The Real Sopranos drew direct parallels between Tony Palermo, highlighting incredibly similar contexts in their respective crime families in New Jersey and involvement in running strip clubs, notably Tony’s Badda-Bing.

  4. Jan 30, 2023 · And according to multiple sources, Tony Soprano himself wasn't just plucked out of thin air: the show's protagonist was reportedly based on a gangster named Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo, whose many similarities to the fictional mobster are offset by some startling differences.

  5. Former New Jersey boss of the DeCavalcante crime family, Vincent Palermo, is said to be the inspiration behind Tony Soprano. Per FBI recordings, even the mob saw similarities.

  6. Apr 8, 2024 · In fact, despite many online pointing to Vincent “Vinny Ocean” Palermo as the real Tony Soprano, there is one group of mobsters in particular that the show’s creator, David Chase, directly named as an inspiration: the Boiardo crew.

  7. Mar 23, 2022 · Former New Jersey mob boss Vincent Palermo is said to be the inspiration behind Tony Soprano, and it's easy to see why. Born on June 4, 1944, he was raised in a traditional American-Italian...

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