Clemenza is one of two caporegimes in the Corleone Family (the other being Salvatore Tessio), ruling over the family's territory in Little Italy. Clemenza got his start selling stolen goods such as dresses and guns with Vito Corleone and Sal Tessio as far back as 1917, after immigrating from Sicily. He was regarded as one of the more friendly and jovial members of the family, although less intelligent than his friend and counterpart Tessio. Clemenza's regime included soldiers Paulie Gatto, Willie Cicci, Al Neri, and Rocco Lampone. Clemenza died under suspicious circumstances (reportedly a heart attack, although his soldiers disputed this) shortly before 1959, when the latter-day events of The Godfather Part II take place, and was succeeded by underling Frank Pentangeli.In Puzo's novel The Sicilian, Clemenza is featured in Sicily, where he meets Michael Corleone in order to arrange his safe return to America and also to oversee the safe passage of the novel's lead character, Salvatore Giuliano. In this novel he has an older brother, Domenic Clemenza, who is an old-fashioned and well respected Mafia Don. Neither Clemenza nor Michael Corleone are featured on the film version of the novel, presumably because of copyright restrictions on the Godfather film franchise.
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