Today in Kansas City’s City Market, on weekends, one will find global eateries, gourmet grocery stores, indie boutiques and the Arabia Steamboat. In the 1970’s, the mob ran City Market. While unknowingly also functioning as an idea for Hollywood.
Martin Scorsese’s Casino was released in 1995.
Nick Civella, the character upon whom Casino’s Vincent Borelli had been based, was the then-boss of the Kansas City mob.
In Casino, the Artie Piscano character was based upon Kansas City mobster Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna.
Tuffy DeLuna – born in Brooklyn – was once an underboss in the mob in Kansas City. In Casino, the DeLuna-inspired character dies of a heart attack when the FBI raids his home.
DeLuna’s house was indeed raided by the FBI. In 1979. However, DeLuna did not die of a heart attack during that raid. In real life, DeLuna was sentenced to twenty years in prison. DeLuna was released from prison in 1998.
Tuffy DeLuna died in Kansas City in 2008.
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