In the Pittsburgh Mafia family, until 1956, the leader of the Mafia family was Frank Amato. He ran it until he was struck by a kidney disease and was forced to resign and become the underboss. His place was taken by Sebastian LaRocca known as "John" LaRocca. It is said that there were family relations between Franck Amato and La Rocca.
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