Situated just outside the elite stature of New York City's Five Families — the organized crime dynasties Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese — New Jersey's DeCavalcante crime family achieved their own form of immortalization in David Chase's prestige HBO drama, The Sopranos. This makes many question whether The Sopranos is based on a true story.
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