Lenny Montana Death
Lenny passed away on May 12, 1992 at the age of 66 in Vierri, Italy. Lenny's cause of death was heart attack.
When did Lenny Montana die?
May 12, 1992How did Lenny Montana die? What was the cause of death?
Heart attackHow old was Lenny Montana when died?
66Where did Lenny Montana die? What was the location of death?
Vierri, Italy
Lenny Montana Birthday and Date of Death
Lenny Montana was born on March 13, 1926 and died on May 12, 1992. Lenny was 66 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: March 13, 1926
Date of Death: May 12, 1992
Age at Death: 66
Lenny Montana - Biography
Lenny Montana (born Leonard Passafaro; March 13, 1926 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor, who played the role of feared hitman Luca Brasi in The Godfather. Prior to becoming an actor, he had a successful career as a professional wrestler as well as an enforcer for the Colombo family.
By the late 1950s, Montana was on the road with the Carnival Circuit as a wrestler. As a popular wrestler within the circuit, Montana met the then unknown Eddie Sharkey in 1960. The two struck up a friendship. After seeing what Sharkey could do, Montana recommended that he try his hand at professional wrestling. Montana also clued in Sharkey on the then-unacknowledged truth about professional wrestling, that all the outcomes are predetermined. Later on in that year, Montana won the NWA Texas World Tag Team titles with Joe Christie, under the Len Crosby name. Then with Hard Boiled Haggerty, he won the AWA World Tag Team Championship on October 4, 1960, defeating Stan Kowalski and Tiny Mills ( wrestling as Murder Inc.) in Minneapolis. But in a match against Verne Gagne, Montana suffered a broken leg, forcing Haggerty to choose a new partner.
Montana became involved with the Colombo crime family in the late 1960s. Tall and very heavily built, his talents were mostly as an enforcer and an arsonist. He would tie a tampon to the tail of a mouse, dip it in kerosene, light it, and let the mouse run through a building, or he would put a candle in front of a cuckoo clock so that when the clock's bird would pop out the candle would be knocked over and start a fire. Eventually, Montana was jailed at Riker's Island. Upon being released, as a friend of the family, Montana acted as a bodyguard for many of the senior members of the Colombo Family.
Montana retired from acting after appearing in the B movie Blood Song (1982), which he also co-wrote. He died May 12, 1992 of a heart attack in Lindenhurst, New York. He was 66 years old. His likeness was used as his character Luca Brasi in The Godfather Game. Terence McGovern provided the voice acting.
