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|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​
 
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]​
 
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]​
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|spouse=(1) Pinkey Matthews Roppolo (died 1996)<br>​
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|spouse=(1) Pinkey Matthews Roppolo (died 1996)​
 
(2) Jackie Davis Roppolo (surviving)​
 
(2) Jackie Davis Roppolo (surviving)​
 
|children=Joan R. Moorehead<br>​
 
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Besides being an accomplished and successful businessman, he was also an astute and savvy political consultant. It was in his [[DNA]], and he relished nothing more than a spirited campaign into which he poured his heart and soul. He lived it, loved it and was incredibly good at it. Over his time, he consulted and led well over a hundred successful political campaigns one of which in 1978 involved the election of the first [[African American]], Paul Lynch, to the district court for Caddo Parish District Court ...<br>​
 
Besides being an accomplished and successful businessman, he was also an astute and savvy political consultant. It was in his [[DNA]], and he relished nothing more than a spirited campaign into which he poured his heart and soul. He lived it, loved it and was incredibly good at it. Over his time, he consulted and led well over a hundred successful political campaigns one of which in 1978 involved the election of the first [[African American]], Paul Lynch, to the district court for Caddo Parish District Court ...<br>​
 
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His office at 425 Crocket in Shreveport served as headquarters for some campaign meetings - the walls of his main office abundantly and stunningly adorned with push cards spanning a half century. ... [He] always had a pot of coffee on the stove for the dozen or so friends to stop by, check in, and discuss the hot topics of the day. On many Fridays there were large lunch gatherings, sometimes as many as a hundred people – businessmen, elected officials including sheriffs, district attorneys, [[FBI]] agents, judges, clerks of court, tax assessors, marshals, and dozens of police officers.<ref name=jucrichton>Judge Scott Crichton, ''Beyond the City Limits: The Illustrious Life and Legacy of "Nickel Politician" Angelo Roppolo'', July 9, 2012..</ref></blockquote>​
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His office at 425 Crocket in Shreveport served as headquarters for some campaign meetings - the walls of his main office abundantly and stunningly adorned with push cards spanning a half century. ... [He] always had a pot of coffee on the stove for the dozen or so friends to stop by, check in, and discuss the hot topics of the day. On many Fridays there were large lunch gatherings, sometimes as many as a hundred people – businessmen, elected officials including sheriffs, district attorneys, [[FBI]] agents, judges, clerks of court, tax assessors, marshals, and dozens of police officers.<ref name=jucrichton>Judge Scott Crichton, ''Beyond the City Limits: The Illustrious Life and Legacy of "Nickel Politician" Angelo Roppolo'', July 9, 2012.</ref></blockquote>​
 
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An active [[Roman Catholic]], Roppolo was with Judge Charles Allen Marvin (1929-2003) of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]]  and Shreveport attorney Don Miller (1934-2009) one of the founding members of the Shreveport Red Mass Society, which holds an annual service for lawyers, judges, and law enforcement personnel to highlight the connection between faith in [[God]] and the rule of law. The Red Mass is held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in downtown Shreveport.<ref name=jucrichton/>​
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An active [[Roman Catholic]], Roppolo was with Judge Charles Allen "Corky" Marvin (1929-2003) of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]]  and Shreveport attorney Don Miller (1934-2009) one of the founding members of the Shreveport Red Mass Society, which holds an annual service for lawyers, judges, and law enforcement personnel to highlight the connection between faith in [[God]] and the rule of law. The Red Mass is held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in downtown Shreveport.<ref name=jucrichton/>​
 
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Roppolo spent his last days in hospice supervision at the Promise Home in Shreveport, where he died three days past his 92nd birthday. Services were held at St. John Berchmans Cathedral in Shreveport. Interment followed at Forest Park West in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>​ Among his final visitors were Judge  Crichton, Governors [[Edwin Edwards]] and [[Kathleen Blanco]], then Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne, now the state commissioner of administration, state Senator [[Barrow Peacock]], then [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Fleming]] of [ouisiana's 4th congressional district, and former Caddo Parish Sheriff Donald Edgar "Don" Hathaway, Sr.<ref>"Prominent Louisiana politico Angelo Ropollo dies," ''Bail Bonds, July 5, 2012.</ref>​
 
Roppolo spent his last days in hospice supervision at the Promise Home in Shreveport, where he died three days past his 92nd birthday. Services were held at St. John Berchmans Cathedral in Shreveport. Interment followed at Forest Park West in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>​ Among his final visitors were Judge  Crichton, Governors [[Edwin Edwards]] and [[Kathleen Blanco]], then Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne, now the state commissioner of administration, state Senator [[Barrow Peacock]], then [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Fleming]] of [ouisiana's 4th congressional district, and former Caddo Parish Sheriff Donald Edgar "Don" Hathaway, Sr.<ref>"Prominent Louisiana politico Angelo Ropollo dies," ''Bail Bonds, July 5, 2012.</ref>​
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