Bizarre: A book claims that a hitman was actually dispatched to the Hamptons home interviewer Charlie Rose, who shares the same name as a prosecutor with the same name. The Post has that scoop from Friends of the Family, a book about convicted "Mafia Cops" Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, who were sentenced to life for helping the mob carry out hits while working for the NYPD. Eppolito and Caracappa allegedly "gave bad information to their benefactor, Luchese underboss Anthony 'Gaspipe' Casso...[who] was furious with Mafia-busting prosecutor Charles Rose, believing that Rose embarrassed him by leaking a story about Casso having killed his former architect for having an affair with the mobster's wife." The hitman apparently left because TV's Rose never showed up and Casso was arrested before he could off Rose the prosecutor (Rose died in 1998 of cancer). When the Post told the talk show host, Rose, whose close calls involve self-inflicted injuries from saving his gadgets, said, "It's a surprise it's all new to me."





The Big Charlie Rose. "Over the line!"
"Rose embarrassed him by leaking a story about Casso having killed his former architect for having an affair with the mobster's wife" yeah, because killing people for money is not that embarrassing!
I watch Charlie Rose just about every night he is on. Lately Charlie has been looking like he has been enjoying too many Martinis before the show. Just an observation.
Dumb criminals work for the Lucheses. Smart ones run for Congress.
And the smartest of the bunch appear on Charlie Rose.