His girlfriend was hit on by Charlestown mobster Georgie McLaughlin in
1961, setting off the Boston Irish gang war of the early 1960s. Rocco
himself was picked up as a suspect in the murder of Bernie McLaughlin,
but never charged.
[from an interview in 2011] Playing gangsters is great. They usually dress you sharp. And you have a license to pretty much bully anybody. I mean, I wouldn't dare to do that at home. My wife will give me a back hander.
