Early Life
Masucci was born October 7, 1934, in Brooklyn, to parents Urbano and Elvira Masucci. His brother named Alex Masucci (born November 11, 1949). Masucci relocated to a home on the Upper East Side of New York City, and eventually owned homes in Paris, Ibiza, Uruguay, Havana and Miami.
Masucci was a high school dropout who earned his high school diploma while serving in the U.S. Navy at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the Korean War. He became a member of the New York City Police Department. After attending college at night, Masucci took a leave of absence and attended City College, where he played halfback with the college football team, and earned a degree in Business Administration, majoring in foreign trade. He graduated first in his class with cum laude honors. He then returned to the Police Department as a plainclothes policeman, and attended New York Law School during the day. Graduating in 1960 with a Doctor of Law Degree, he resigned from the Police Department and worked in Havana, Cuba as assistant to the Director of Public Relations in the Department of Tourism.
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