Threats – Mario Puzo

When the novel “The Godfather” was published, Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) threatened the author of the book, Mario Puzo (1920-1999), because he believed that he served the author as an inspiration for the fictional mobster, singer and actor in the book, Johnny Fontane.

Puzo was enraged after hearing Sinatra’s threats:

“I do remember him saying that if it wasn’t that I was so much older than he, he would beat the hell out of me. What hurt was that here he was, a northern Italian, threatening me, a southern Italian, with physical violence. This was roughly equivalent to Einstein pulling a knife on Al Capone. It just wasn’t done.”

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Life-threatening Sport!

In May 1995, on the golf course in Lyon, France, Mr. Jean Potevan, losing the game from his friend, angrily threw a bag of golf sticks in to the lake. The very next moment he remembered that his car keys were in that bag. Dressed, he jumped into the lake after the bag that had sunk to the bottom. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Potevan drowned. What were his last words?

 "Here's the keys!"

Something similar happened to Al Capone, the famous American gangster, on the golf course "Olympia Fields” in Chicago. Annoyed with the way he hit the ball, Al Capone (1899-1947) threw a stick on his bag, in which he carried his other sticks. A shot was heard and Capone realized that he was wounded. How?

In the bag, for his own protection, he always carried a gun.

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