The body of a man found dumped on the sidewalk outside a sheet-metal manufacturing factory in the Bronx borough of New York City on Monday was identified Thursday as actor Frank Vallelonga Jr.
Vallelonga, 60, was best known for being the real-life son of Frank Vallelonga Sr. — an Italian American bouncer at Copacabana who worked as a bodyguard to renowned Black pianist Don Shirley during the 1950s and 1960s.
Shirley’s travels through the Deep South in 1962 with Vallelonga Sr. were chronicled in the Oscar-winning film, in which the younger Vallelonga appeared as his own uncle. The film was co-written and co-produced by Nick Vallelonga, another of Tony Lip’s children. Frank Vallelonga arrives for the U.S Premiere Of “Songs Of Solomon” held at TCL Chinese Theatre on March 29, 2022 in Hollywood, California.
The elder Vallelonga, better known by his stage name Tony Lip, went on to become an actor and starred in the hit HBO seriesThe Godfather
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