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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==

 

​Roppolo humorously called himself a "nickel politician" who was "running for the city limits". His friend, Judge Scott Crichton, who sits on the Louisiana Supreme Court, describes him, accordingly:​

​Roppolo humorously called himself a "nickel politician" who was "running for the city limits". His friend, Judge Scott Crichton, who sits on the Louisiana Supreme Court, describes him, accordingly:​

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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/>​

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/>​

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>

==Legacy==​

==Legacy==​