Giuseppe "Joe Bananas" Bonanno (January 18, 1905, –May 12, 2002) was a Sicilian-born American Mafioso who became the boss of the Bonanno crime family.  He was nicknamed "Joe Bananas," a name he despised because it made him sound crazy.  Bonanno is said to have been one of the models for the character "Vito Corleone" in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather.   Both Bonanno and Corleone wanted their sons to succeed them, and both allegedly wanted their crime families to stay out of the narcotics rackets.  Bonanno strongly believed blood relations and a strict Sicilian upbringing could be the only way to hold the traditional values of La Cosa Nostra together.