Momo Barone
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Cosimo "Momo" Barone ("Momo the Roach") is a soldato in the novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge. He grew up in the Bronx alongside boyhood friend and eventual caporegime Eddie Paradise.
Momo Barone grew up around people like Pete Clemenza and was 'attached like a fly to him' in the novel. He was also the best friend of soldato and caporegime Nick Geraci. He was also the nephew of Sal Tessio.
After Geraci killed Tessio in 1955, Momo never learned of this. He was 'made' under Geraci with fellow soldier Eddie Paradise. He also befriended fellow Geraci soldier Carmine Marino. He was considered not to trustworthy because of his blood relationship to Tessio. However he was liked by Tom Hagen, and was given the job to kill the man who stole his watch.
He was considered Nick Geraci's closest aide circa 1956 to 1960, but after Geraci was disposed in 1961, he was considered a likely canidate for the role of caporegime. But his best friend Eddie Paradise took on the role. It is implied he didn't mind much, but he was sore that nobody trusted him because he was "Tessio's Kid". After he met Geraci on the run in 1963, he agreed to help him.
"Momo", as he was effictivly called, got his nickname "the Roach" due to the fact that his scalp was as hard as a roaches exoskelaton. He was promised the title of consigliere by Geraci if he agreed to help. He fed Geraci info on Michael Corleones moves. After Geraci was killed at an ambush, so was he. The irony was that he was to weak to kill Geraci, but was in fact killed by lifelong friend Eddie Paradise.
