Pat DiCicco
| Pat DiCicco | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Pasquale DeCicco February 14, 1909 Queens, New York |
| Died |
October 24, 1978 (aged 69) New York, New York |
| Other names | The Glamour Boy of Hollywood |
| Occupation | Agent, Movie Producer |
| Spouse(s) |
Thelma Todd (m.1932–1934; divorced) Gloria Vanderbilt (m. 1941–1945; divorced) Mary Jo Tarola (m. 1953–1960; divorced) |
Pat DiCicco was an agent and movie producer as well as an alleged mobster working for Lucky Luciano.[1] He was the husband of Thelma Todd and Gloria Vanderbilt. Todd's marriage in 1932 to DiCicco quickly degenerated into a series of drunken brawls, one of which resulted in her having an emergency appendectomy.[2] They divorced in 1934.
DiCicco is alleged to have participated in the beating death of comedian Ted Healy in 1937.[3]
At 17 years old, Gloria Vanderbilt went to Hollywood where she married DiCicco in 1941.[4] Pat DiCicco proved a big, temperamental and abusive man who called her 'Fatsy Roo' and beat her. 'He would take my head and bang it against the wall,' Vanderbilt said. 'I had black eyes.'[5] They divorced in 1945.[6]
Cousin of Albert R. Broccoli, nicknamed him 'Cubby'.
References
- ↑ http://www.empireonline.com/features/the-three-stooges
- ↑ Death of Thelma Todd
- ↑ http://www.empireonline.com/features/the-three-stooges
- ↑ Vanderbilt, Gloria (2004). ""The Great Thing" (4)". It Seemed Important at the Time: A Romance Memoir. Rockefeller Center, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020: Simon & Schuster. p. 31. ISBN 0-7432-6480-0.
- ↑ Last of the big spenders. Telegraph UK 11/23/2004
- ↑ Vanderbilt, Gloria. ""Happy Birthday" (6)". It Seemed Important at the Time: A Romance Memoir. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. p. 36. ISBN 0-7432-6480-0.