Carmine Lupertazzi
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| name = Carmine Lupertazzi
| image = [[Image:Sopranos Carmine Lupertazzi.jpg|250px]]
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| first = "[[Fortunate Son (The Sopranos episode)|Fortunate Son]]" ''(episode 3.03)''
| last = "[[Rat Pack (The Sopranos episode)|Rat Pack]]" ''(episode 5.02)''<br>(death)<br>"[[The Test Dream]]" ''(episode 5.11)''<br>(dream sequence)
| cause = Death by [[stroke]]
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| gender = Male
| age = 70s (Deceased)
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| occupation = Restauranter
| title = Boss of [[Lupertazzi crime family]] (Seasons 1–5)
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| family =
| spouse = Violet Lupertazzi (wife)
| children = [[Little Carmine|Carmine Lupertazzi, Jr.]] (son)
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| portrayer = [[Tony Lip]]
| creator = [[David Chase]]
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'''Carmine Lupertazzi, Sr.''', played by [[Tony Lip]], was the [[fictional character|fictional]] [[crime boss|Boss]] of the [[Brooklyn]]-based [[Lupertazzi crime family]] on the [[HBO]] [[television|TV]] series, ''[[The Sopranos]]''.
==Biography==
'''Carmine Lupertazzi''' was an old school mafioso of [[Junior Soprano|Corrado "Junior" Soprano]]'s generation. He kept a low-profile for most of his criminal career while operating out of his social clubs and restaurants. Carmine was arrested and acquitted of labor [[racketeering]] charges sometime during the 1970s or 1980s. It was around this time that Carmine's longtime [[Consigliere]], [[List of characters from The Sopranos in the Lupertazzi Crime Family#Angelo Garepe|Angelo "Angie" Garepe]] and longtime Lupertazzi family [[caporegime|captain]] [[Phil Leotardo|Philip "Phil" Leotardo]] were convicted of various charges and sent to prison for 20 years. During Carmine's tenure, the [[New York]] organization maintained close ties to [[New Jersey]]'s [[DiMeo crime family|DiMeo]]/[[Soprano crime family]].
Carmine was highly intelligent, calm and an opportunist, even in his old age. Despite being a loving father and grandfather, grooming his own son, namesake [[Little Carmine|"Little" Carmine Lupertazzi]], by making him a [[caporegime|capo]] in the crime family that bears his name, he remained foremost a ruthless mobster, making threats and ordering murders. He had a sometimes contentious relationship with his [[Underboss]], [[Johnny Sack|John "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni]]: during different episodes in the fourth season, Johnny and Carmine each authorized [[Tony Soprano]] to put a "hit" on the other, although in neither case was the killing actually carried out.
In 2004, Carmine's health began to fail and he suffered a [[stroke]]. After some time [[coma]]tose in the hospital, Lupertazzi died, leaving a large power vacuum in the [[Lupertazzi crime family]]. The [[heir apparent]] for his position was his son, Little Carmine, a fact that became a point of consternation for Johnny Sack, who also sought the position Carmine left behind.
Carmine once told [[Tony Soprano]] that "a Don doesn't wear shorts", considering it undignified. Though he regarded Tony and the entire [[DiMeo crime family|New Jersey crime family]] as nothing more than a "glorified crew", Lupertazzi did show some respect for Tony, at one time saying he would be proud to call Tony his own son. This was most evident when he showed genuine concern for Tony's health after hearing rumors that he was seeing a [[psychiatrist]] and having [[panic attack]]s.
In the episode "[[Rat Pack (The Sopranos episode)|Rat Pack]]", [[Tony Soprano|Tony]] sits with [[Junior Soprano|Junior]] and makes conversations with both [[Bobby Baccalieri|Robert "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri]] and [[List of characters from The Sopranos in the DiMeo Crime Family#Michele "Feech" La Manna|Michele "Feech" La Manna]], when they suddenly are called up with the information that Carmine has passed during the night. As Bobby sees Carmine as a great man, he also shares that Carmine was the one who invented "point shaving", a way to cheat the points of football matches and make huge profits on it. This is also confirmed by Junior, who replies that no one had beaten them after the "spread", and that he had bought a black [[Cadillac Fleetwood|Fleetwood]]. Junior must also have been in on the plot.
==External links==
* [http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/character/carmine_lupertazzi.shtml HBO Profile: Carmine Lupertazzi]
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