Trusted friends, honorary uncles, and special aunts became part of the extended family and turned up often for family celebrations and special occasions. Didn't everyone have mob bosses and their associates as dinner and party guests? The Gentile family did.
L-R: Tony Accardo, Jackie Cerone, Joe Aiuppa
L-R: Jackie Cerone and Tony Accardo
Clara, Jackie, and Jill Cerone
L-R: Clarice Accardo, Bobby Ansani, Tony Accardo, Jackie Cerone, Paul Ricca-Clara, Cerone, and Joe Aiuppa
Outfit oddsmaker Skip Cerone and his former Ziegfeld showgirl wife and Mamie
Skip Cerone, future daughter-in-law Georgia Carson, Tom Cerone, Mamie
Fellow Outfit member Jimmy Cerone (top) and his brother Skip Cerone (bottom) enjoy an afternoon at the races
Mamie Cerone and Clarice Accardo at one of
their afternoon Vodka Club meetings
Skip and Mamie Cerone enjoy a night on the town. She was the life of every party, and both were generous with friends.
Tony Cerone (nephew to Jackie, Skip, and Jimmy) lived once step removed from the "family business" and ran a successful clothing chain with wife Antoinette.
When he wasn't busy being a gambling kingpin (and some said hit man), Skip Cerone was a family man with grandchildren he adored.
For all the millions Sam Giancana (shown here with girlfriend Phyllis McGuire) earned for the Outfit, his flashy lifestyle eventually helped turn the bosses against him.
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