Joseph “Joey” Cusumano, a close associate of Chicago Outfit enforcer Tony Spilotro who was convicted of labor racketeering and banned from entering Nevada’s casinos, has died in Las Vegas. He was 90.
Cusumano battled a number of medical challenges for several years before his passing Tuesday afternoon.
Although law enforcement saw Cusumano as a hardened mobster, his charm and generosity earned him many friends from all walks of life, including in Hollywood, where he served as a line producer for the Francis Ford Coppola movie The Cotton Club…