Tommy Neri
Thomas 'Tommy' Neri (1933-1977) ("Tommy Scootch") was a soldato in the Corleone family and was a prominaent figure in the novels The Godfather, The Godfather Returns, and The Godfather's Revenge.
Tommy Neri was born to Rita Neri and an unnamed father in an apartment in the Bronx. He grew up in the same neighborhood as Peter Clemenza. He was also frequently beat by his uncle, Al Neri. He never accepted that his uncle was a cop, and became a hoodlum just to anger him. He also wanted his 'button' but was told to wait until the right time.
In 1955, he became a 'made man' in the Corleone family under Michael Corleone at a restaurant with others. He was placed in the regime of Rocco Lampone and served him faithfully. At around this time, he also became a well known heroin addict. He was placed in Ritchie Nobilio's regime after Rocco Lampone was killed in 1959.
By 1963, he was placed in charge of finding Nick Geraci after the failure of Willie Binaggio and Dino DiMiceli. He made no significant progress with finding Geraci, although he did look in Cleveland and got tips from the C.I.A. Around 1964, he and his uncle Al tortured and killed Nick Geraci's father. He died on May 4, 1977 after accidentally shooting himself in the gut after killing Jewish gangster, Ralph Balstein.
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