<P> Later in the novel, Vito's youngest son, Michael Corleone, learns that years earlier Brasi murdered an Irish prostitute hours after she bore his child . He then forced the midwife, under threat of death, to put the live infant into a burning furnace . The distraught woman, who described Brasi as an unholy demon, sought Vito's protection . Don Corleone intervened, covering up Brasi's crime and gaining Brasi's undying service and loyalty . </P> <P> Brasi is honored and grateful to be invited to Vito Corleone's home on the day of his daughter's wedding . To show proper respect, Brasi personally presents the Don a large cash gift for his daughter, Connie's, bridal purse, purportedly the largest sum given . During the reception, Michael's girlfriend, Kay Adams, notices Brasi and asks Michael about him . He tells her how his father once helped his godson Johnny Fontane's singing career with Brasi's assistance . Don Corleone had offered bandleader Les Halley $10,000 to release Fontane from a personal service contract that unfairly exploited Fontane's rising fame . When Halley refused, Don Corleone returned the next day with Luca Brasi to make Halley an "offer he couldn't refuse ." Within an hour Halley signed a release for only $1,000 . As Brasi held a gun to Halley's head, Don Corleone assured him that either his signature or his brains would be on the contract . In the novel, the circumstances and tendered amount differs somewhat . Accompanied by Brasi and Consigliere Genco Abbandando, Vito Corleone held Halley at gunpoint after initially offering the bandleader $20,000 . The Don then paid $10,000 after forcing Halley to sign the release . </P> <P> To draw out rival mobster Virgil Sollozzo, Don Corleone orders Brasi to pretend he is switching allegiances . Brasi hangs out at Bruno Tattaglia's nightclub, beds a waitress working there, and openly complains that he is underpaid . When that information filters back to Tattaglia, he offers Brasi a meeting . Brasi arrives, wearing a bulletproof vest . Sollozzo, after promising friendship, a job, and $50,000, has him subdued and garroted to death . Sonny Corleone, Tom Hagen, and others in the family learn of Brasi's demise by receiving dead fish wrapped in Brasi's bulletproof vest, indicating he "sleeps with the fishes", meaning that Brasi's corpse was thrown into a body of water by Solozzo's and Tattaglia's men . </P> <P> Brasi's role as personal enforcer / bodyguard to the Don is later filled by Al Neri . Following Neri's initiation, Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen tells Michael that now he has his "Luca". </P>

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