Venero Frank "Benny Eggs" Mangano (September 7, 1921 – August 18, 2017) was the underboss of the Genovese crime family.
[2] In recognition of his service, the Army decorated Mangano with a Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and three Battle Stars.
[1] Mangano later joined a crew in Greenwich Village that would later belong to Vincent "The Chin" Gigante.
[3] A fictionalized version of Mangano is portrayed by Kevin Corrigan in the first and second seasons of the 2019 TV series Godfather of Harlem.
This version is depicted as being killed in 1964 by Stella Gigante (Lucy Fry) and Ernie Nunzi (Rafi Gavron) as revenge for the death of the former's boyfriend at the hands of Mangano.