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==Background==
==Background==
Roppolo was born to an [[Italy|Italian]]-[[United States|American]] couple, Carlo and Johanna Roppolo, Sr., in the Algiers section of [[New Orleans]]. He subsequently relocated to Shreveport with his family at a young age. From his first marriage to the late Pinkey Matthews Roppolo, he had a daughter, Joan Roppolo Morehead, and a son, Rickey Roppolo. From his second marriage to the former Jackie Davis, he had a stepson, Steve Davis, and a stepdaughter, Connie Vanderventer. He had three grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=158364862|title=Angelo Roppolo|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=November 2, 2013}}</ref>
Roppolo was born to an [[Italy|Italian]]-[[United States|American]] couple, Carlo and Johanna Roppolo, Sr., in the Algiers section of [[New Orleans]]. He subsequently relocated to Shreveport with his family at a young age. From his first marriage to the late Pinkey Matthews Roppolo, he had a daughter, Joan Roppolo Morehead, and a son, Rickey Roppolo. From his second marriage to the former Jackie Davis, he had a stepson, Steve Davis, and a stepdaughter, Connie Vanderventer. He had three grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=158364862|title=Angelo Roppolo|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=November 2, 2013}}</ref>
==Political life==
==Political life==
In 2013, Roppolo was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, based in Winnfield, but he had learned just prior to his death, that would receive this honor. On June 12, 2012, three weeks before Roppolo's death and seven months before his actual induction into the Hall of Fame, the Shreveport City Council passed a resolution congratulating him on this achievement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveportla.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/06122012-46|title=Council Proceedings of the City of Shreveport, June 12, 2012|publisher=shreveportla.gov|accessdate=November 2, 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, Roppolo was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, based in Winnfield, but he had learned just prior to his death, that would receive this honor. On June 12, 2012, three weeks before Roppolo's death and seven months before his actual induction into the Hall of Fame, the Shreveport City Council passed a resolution congratulating him on this achievement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveportla.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/06122012-46|title=Council Proceedings of the City of Shreveport, June 12, 2012|publisher=shreveportla.gov|accessdate=November 2, 2013}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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