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The filmmaker David McDonald stumbled upon Joe Zelli's grave while on a walk during the height of the pandemic in 2021. Feeling that Zelli was reaching out to him from beyond the grave, McDonald commenced a film entitled "My
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Zelli returned to the U.S. and later owned other clubs, but none as successful as The Royal Box.
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downstairs. This is said to be the inspiration for the caricatures at
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