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Angelo Salvatore Ruggiero Sr. (Italian: [ˈandʒelo rudˈdʒɛːro]; July 29, 1940 – December 4, 1989), also known as "Quack Quack", was an American gangster.He was a member of the Gambino crime family and a friend of John Gotti's.
Giovanni Ruggiero (born August 29, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ...
Ruggiero (often translated Rogero in English) is a leading character in the Italian romantic epics Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Ruggiero had originally appeared in the twelfth-century French epic Aspremont , reworked by Andrea da Barberino as the chivalric romance Aspramonte . [ 1 ]
Ruggiero (pronounced [rudˈdʒɛːro]) is an Italian spelling variant of the name Ruggero, a version of the Germanic name Roger, and may refer to: As a surname Adamo Ruggiero (born 1986), Canadian actor
Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero (April 19, 1926 – November 24, 1994 [nb 1]) was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone , who Ruggiero knew as Donnie Brasco.
Salvatore Frank Ruggiero Sr. (pronounced roo-JEH-roh; July 20, 1945 – May 6, 1982), also known as "Sal the Sphinx", "Sal Quack Quack" and "Sally", was an American mobster, drug trafficker and Gambino crime family mob associate who was the younger brother of Angelo Ruggiero and ringleader of "The Pleasant Avenue Connection" which was a precursor to the Pizza Connection drug smuggling operation.
Ruggiero offends Pampinea by revealing that Leonardo was a notorious womanizer and whoremonger, and he shocks the guests by opening Leonardo's secret study, full of pornography and sex toys with a hidden entrance just for prostitutes. Neifile, suffering a crisis of faith, is seduced by Ruggiero, and Panfilo realizes that his plan has backfired.
Ruggero (or Ruggiero) [a] Leoncavallo (UK: / ˌ l eɪ ɒ n k æ ˈ v æ l oʊ / LAY-on-kav-AL-oh, [4] US: / ˌ l eɪ oʊ n k ə ˈ v ɑː l oʊ,-k ɑː ˈ-/ LAY-ohn-kə-VAH-loh, -kah-, [5] [6] Italian: [rudˈdʒɛːro leˌoŋkaˈvallo]; 23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist.