About Frank Salemme
Francis Patrick Salemme (pronounced sah-LEM-ee; August 18, 1933 – December 13, 2022), sometimes spelled Salemmi, also known as "Cadillac Frank" and "the General", was an American mobster from Boston, Massachusetts who became a hitman and eventually the boss of the Patriarca crime family of New England before turning government witness. == Early life == Salemme was born on August 18, 1933, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in the Greater Boston area, the second of six children of an Irish American mother, Mary Agnes (née Hagerty), a homemaker, and an Italian American father, Romeo Pasquale Salemme, a ship painter. His younger brother, John, also became a mobster. Salemme was raised in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Salemme served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and became a licensed electrician after receiving an honorable discharge. He married Alice Kathleen McLaughlin in Nashua, New Hampshire on November 16, 1955. == Criminal career == While in prison in 1957, Salemme became acquainted with Anthony Morelli, a member of the Patriarca crime family which controlled organized crime throughout New England. He began working for the family as a low-level associate after his release from prison. Salemme operated a number of semi-legitimate businesses such as automobile repair garages in partnership with George Kaufman, who served as the liaison between the Mafia and Boston's Jewish bookmakers. Salemme earned the nickname "Cadillac Frank" when he worked in an auto repair shop and specialized in repairing Cadillac automobiles.
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