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Francesco “Frank” Benvenuto

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Francesco “Frank” Benvenuto

Birth
Calabria, Italy
Death
8 May 2000 (aged 52)
Melbourne, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Burial
Cheltenham, Bayside City, Victoria, Australia Add to Map
Plot
La Casa Di Pace Eterna (House of Eternal Peace) Couch Double, Level A Crypt 001. The mausoleum is 4 high with A being on the bottom and D on the top.
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The son of former Melbourne Godfather, Liborio, who became Honoured Society crime boss after winning the bloody market wars of the 1960s. Frank was a known associate of the notorious Moran family. Benvenuto was shot in the chest at the wheel of his Holden Statesman outside his Beaumaris home at about 3pm on May 8, 2000. His falling out with brother-in-law Alfonso Muratore was one avenue homicide detectives followed in trying to identify a motive for the murder.

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The son of former Melbourne Godfather, Liborio, who became Honoured Society crime boss after winning the bloody market wars of the 1960s. Frank was a known associate of the notorious Moran family. Benvenuto was shot in the chest at the wheel of his Holden Statesman outside his Beaumaris home at about 3pm on May 8, 2000. His falling out with brother-in-law Alfonso Muratore was one avenue homicide detectives followed in trying to identify a motive for the murder.

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BENVENUTO
FRANK
BORN ITALY 15-12-1947
DIED 8-5-2000
DEARLY LOVED BY ALL HIS FAMILY
ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM O LORD
MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
MAY HE REST IN PEACE
IN GOD'S CARE
AMEN

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  • Created by: graver
  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62986763/francesco-benvenuto: accessed ), memorial page for Francesco “Frank” Benvenuto (15 Dec 1947–8 May 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62986763, citing Cheltenham Memorial Cemetery, Cheltenham, Bayside City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by graver (contributor 47037760).