Rocco Neri [SEP] position held
Rocco Neri
Rocco Neri (September 26, 1919 – October 6, 2011) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1974 to 1976. A resident of Irvington, New Jersey, Neri was the Essex County Undersheriff from 1972 to 1980, serving under Sheriff John F. Cryan, and owned Stuyvesant Auto Body for three decades. He was elected to the State Assembly in 1973, representing the 28th district that included South Orange, Irvington and parts of Newark. He won
as Al Neri, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)'s primary enforcer and bodyguard. Michael, as the don of the Corleone Family, implements a security detail that keeps Neri and Rocco Lampone close by at all times. A deleted scene from "The Godfather" shows former consiglieri and family attorney Tom Hagen reviewing the payroll ledgers and finding both Neri and Lampone being paid much more than their nominal jobs are worth. It is soon revealed that both are, in fact, assassins Michael has doubling as bodyguards.
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