death_place death_date birth_place charge birth_date article_title convictions name occupation
fort worth , texas , u.s. 22 october 2012 atlantic city , new jersey , united states rico 29 june 1939 salvatore merlino
 racketeering and murder salvatore `` chuckie '' merlino former underboss of the philadelphia crime family
salvatore merlino

salvatore `` chuckie '' merlino -lrb- june 29 , 1939 -- october 22 , 2012 -rrb- was an american member of the philadelphia crime family and former underboss for nicodemo scarfo .
he is the father of philadelphia mobster joey merlino .
merlino was born on june 29 , 1939 in ducktown , atlantic city , new jersey .
salvatore `` chuckie '' and lawrence `` yogi '' merlino were friends of nicodemo scarfo since they were teenagers .
merlino was indicted and charged in the 1980s with racketeering and murder .
merlino was serving his time at the federal correctional institution , fort worth .
his projected release date was august 3 , 2016 .
he died on october 22 , 2012 .
