Dolores DeSimone

Dolores DeSimone

Dolores "Dolly" DeSimone was the sister of Thomas DeSimone, Anthony DeSimone and Robert DeSimone. She was born in Howard Beach, Queens, and later moved to Ozone Park, Queens, to be close to her brother Thomas. She is the niece of Frank DeSimone and granddaughter of Rosario DeSimone. Her only sister was Phyllis DeSimone. She was also a girlfriend of Ronald Jerothe.

Biography

Dolores had a close friendship with Jimmy Burke through association with her male relatives, almost all of whom were members of the La Cosa Nostra. Dolores did not live a glamorous lifestyle. Karen Hill, her close friend, said of Dolores, "She always looked like she was close to making it." Dolores was known to dine at Henry Hill's The Suite and at Robert's Lounge and felt comfortable with the criminal lifestyle the male members of her family had chosen to follow. It is unknown whether Dolores was ever employed or whether she lived off the illicit earnings of her brothers and other mobster family members. Many of her relatives would be murdered, with the exception of her oldest brother Robert DeSimone. Dolores was at Robert's Lounge with her brother Thomas when he and William Devino had their first heated encounter. Dolores' mobdom heritage was uncoverd by the media after the murder of Thomas, when her cousins Ralph DeSimone and Joseph DeSimone were indicted and convicted of racketeering in Fort Lee, New Jersey, which led to the execution of Ralph on June 13, 1991. Dolores lived in seclusion to protect herself from the limelight cast on everyone connected with the mob. She was a regular client of Theresa Ferrara at her beauty salon.

The release of "Goodfellas"

Dolores was not included in the 1990 film "Goodfellas"; the character of her mother replaces her in large part, played by Martin Scorsese's mother Catherine.

References

*"Joe Dogs: The Life and Crimes of a Hangster" by Joe Dogs Iannuzzi
*"Wiseguy: A Life In A Mafia Family" by Nicholas Pileggi
*"Sins of the Father The True Story of a Family Running From The Mob" by Nicholas Taylor


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