- Although several Mafia sources have stated that DeSmone was murdered in early 1980 because he killed a Mafia boss without permission, and his wife reported him missing early in March of that year, his body was never found. He was declared legally dead in 1990.
- A killer for a New York Mafia family (although not a "made" member himself), he was feared for his violent and unpredictable behavior--he once shot to death a completely innocent stranger who walked past him on a sidewalk just to see if he could do it--he was known to have murdered at least 11 men. In the film Goodfellas (1990) the character of Tommy DeVito, played by Joe Pesci, was based on him.
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