Frank Salemme

Frank Salemme
Salemme's August 12, 1995 FBI mugshot
Born
Francis Patrick Salemme

(1933-08-18)August 18, 1933
Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 13, 2022(2022-12-13) (aged 89)
Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Other names
  • "Cadillac Frank"
  • "The General"
  • "Julian Daniel Selig"
  • "Richard Parker"
OccupationCrime boss
PredecessorNicholas Bianco
SuccessorLuigi Manocchio
AllegiancePatriarca crime family
ConvictionsAttempted murder (1973)
Racketeering (1995)
Perjury
Making false statements
Murder (2018)
Criminal penalty16 years imprisonment (1973) 11 years imprisonment (1995)
5 years imprisonment (2008)
Life imprisonment (2018)

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.

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