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Still, Luca Brasi has to die. And he would have to die violently, in one of the most chilling scenes of the film. βIt means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes,β Richard Castellano, as Clemenza, says when the late enforcerβs bulletproof vest is delivered to Sonny Corleone. Inside the vest are two large fish, a message from the killers, who ambushed the seemingly unkillable Luca Brasi after the don sent him to see what intel he could glean from Bruno Tattaglia.
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Mark Seal (Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather)