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‘The Sopranos’ was inspired by this real-life Newark mob family

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which drops in theaters and on HBO Max Oct. 1. The latter, set in Newark amid the 1960s race riots, tells the story of a young Tony Soprano as he began to make his bones.

In the film, Tony is portrayed by the late James Gandolfini’s 22-year-old son, Michael. “Sopranos” creator David Chase revealed to New Jersey Monthly in 2002 that while “90 percent of [the TV show] is made up . . .

it’s patterned after this family.”Many names and situations on “The Sopranos” and in the movie are dead ringers for real Jersey mafiosos.

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