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Mafia Don Joe Bonanno

Joseph Bonanno Home Tucson, Arizona

 


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Joseph Bonanno home, Joe Bonanno home, 255 Sierra Vista Drive, Tucson Arizona, 1847 E. Elm, Tucson, Arizona

Joseph Bonanno home, Joe Bonanno home, 255 Sierra Vista Drive, Tucson Arizona, 1847 E. Elm, Tucson, Arizona

  Anybody know the history of why the home of mafia don Joseph Bonanno seems to use a different numbering system than the rest of Tucson?

If that address used the same numbering system as the rest of the Tucson addresses it would be down near Broadway, instead of being between Speedway and Grant.

Joseph Bonanno
255 Sierra Vista Drive
Tucson, Arizona
His home is between Campbell and Tucson Blvd and Speedway and Grant
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Bonanno, Joseph

Many famous figures in Arizona history came to the state for their health. When the model for the title character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather was forced into "retirement" by an internal Mafia conflict in the 1960's he too came to Arizona for his health.

The godfather in exile took up residence at 1847 E. Elm, north of the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, and declared himself in retirement. Though appearing unremarkable, the five story brick home had some interesting features. Fake bricks on exterior walls offered secret views of the outside. Inside, two small secret rooms including one off the master bedroom afforded the godfather a hiding place should his retirement not be honored.

In the 1970's, Bonanno moved to 255 Sierra Vista Drive, where it is suggested that he continued to oversee worldwide underworld activities and dodge federal agents.

Bonanno died of natural causes at the age of 97. About 500 people, many with blood ties to noted La Cosa Nostra clans, attended the funeral mass at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Tucson. His casket was placed in a crypt next to his wife.

 


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