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Oct 1, 2022Liked by Mickey Z.

A wonderful read Mickey.

Your father would be proud.

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Thank you, Harry. That means a lot to me. 💕

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Oct 1, 2022Liked by Mickey Z.

You are very welcome.

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Oct 1, 2022Liked by Mickey Z.

Great story!

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Thank you!

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Your writing grabbed me. Good read.

My hometown of Kansas City has a mob history. In fact a mob boss names Pendergast controlled the city for something like 40 years.

Watch the movie Kansas City, directed by Robert Altman if you haven’t seen it.

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Thank you, Matthieu! And yes, I've seen that film. Excellent.

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My deepest sympathy. Your dad was quite a guy. Press for the book.

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Thank you. 🙂

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Oct 1, 2022·edited Oct 1, 2022Liked by Mickey Z.

Pittsburgh had ethnic neighborhoods. When we moved to Washington, the Sopranos were on the air. Some friends mentioned it and said we should watch it. We answered nah, we already saw that stuff in real life.

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I can relate!

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Oct 1, 2022Liked by Mickey Z.

I really hope you get your book deal. This was a fascinating read. Thank you for sharing part of your family with us.

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Thank you for your kind words and good wishes, Cathy.

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Oct 1, 2022Liked by Mickey Z.

What a great remembrance. Such an awesome dad, an honourable man.

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Thank you, James! 💖

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Thanks for writing this. My favorite aspect is how your father, through his first-hand experience, didn’t see members of organized crime as heroes. I’ve always detested how many movies/TV shows glorified them.

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You're welcome and thank you.

Since the powers that shouldn't be are essentially global mobsters, it feels as if we're conditioned to find that kind of behavior charming and even honorable.

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Mickey Z.

Beautiful tribute to your Pops.

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Thank you. 💖

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Oct 3, 2022Liked by Mickey Z.

Good read

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Oct 6, 2022Liked by Mickey Z.

Great article. What an amazing story. It should be a book and a movie

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Thank you!

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Agreed, I'd love to see this as a movie.

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Thank you! If anyone knows a producer with funding, I'd be thrilled to write the script!

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What a brilliant and fascinating piece. I loved it. wow. What is the untold story???!!! I want to know. But I love the enigmatic ending. Your father was a great man.

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Did he ever tell you what the best of the movies left out? Not mad, but ya kinda left us hanging, there! Great story anyway.

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That was his style. A man of few words so yeah, he left us all hanging!

Thanks, Brian!

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Jun 19, 2023Liked by Mickey Z.

You are lucky to have gotten so much of the story from your dad! That was a wonderful gift he gave you and your respectful interest that you gave him.

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Thank you, Elise, for such a kind and meaningful response.

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An even more interesting story might be "why" your Dad was so reticent to talk about his life.

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What a Dad to have had!!!

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Thank you, Janet...he was the best! 💕

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So happy for you, Mickey. I had a really lousy one, but ... I sure learned some important lessons from him!

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It breaks my heart how many times I hear such stories, Janet. May we humans move forward more intentionally to finally and permanently break this cycle.

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