Ori Spado

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Orlando "Ori" Spado (born December 17, 1944) is a former insurance salesman-turned-mob associate who became known as the "Hollywood Fixer". Spado was affiliated with Colombo crime family underboss John "Sonny" Franzese and remained close friends with him after relocating to the West Coast from Upstate New York.^[1][2]

Early life[]

Spado was born on December 17, 1944, in Rome, New York to parents of Italian descent.^[3] After graduating from Rome Free Academy, he joined the U. S. Army, receiving an honorable discharge in 1966, and eventually returned to Rome.^[1]

While living in Utica, New York, he entered the insurance business, and subsequently founded the Ori Agency.^[1][4]

"Hollywood Fixer"[]

Spado relocated to California and established a presence there.^[1] Through his business contacts in the state, he was reportedly able to meet and become friends with numerous celebrities, including Tina Louise, Frank Sinatra, Dino De Laurentiis and Jon Voight. He became known as the "Hollywood fixer", doing favours for many of them. His agency, based in Rome but most active in California, was very successful.^[1][5]

Racketeering conviction, autobiography[]

In 2008, Spado was arrested at his home in Beverly Hills and extradited to Brooklyn on a Colombo crime family-related Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) indictment. He was indicted with his late friend Sonny Franzese and reported his death at age 103.^[6][7] He was convicted and served five years in federal prison.^[1] After his release, he co-wrote an autobiography, The Accidental Gangster: From Insurance Salesman to Mob Boss of Hollywood, with Dennis N. Griffin.^[1]

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