Tony tarracino biography
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Tony tarracino biography
Tony Tarracino
American politician
Tony Tarracino (August 10, 1916 – November 1, 2008[1]), commonly called Captain Tony, was an American saloonkeeper, boat captain, politician, gambler, and storyteller in Key West, Florida.
He was a well-known personality in the city and has been called "arguably the city's most beloved resident" and "the conscience of Key West."[2]
Biography
Anthony Tarracino was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to a bootlegger father.[3] He dropped out of the ninth grade to make and sell whiskey, illegal at the time due to Prohibition.[1] After becoming a gambler, getting involved with the New Jersey Mafia, and being beaten and left for dead at the Newark city dump, he moved to Key West, Florida, in 1948.[3] In 1982, he told the story that he, in Sting fashion, had cheated the mob by using the telephone to get early race results.
There he became a shrimper, a charter boat captain, and a gunrunner.&#