Al Martino, Godfather Singer, Dead at 82 2.68K Andrew Belonsky 10/13/09 11:38PM Filed to: and now he's dead and now he's dead Al martino The Godfather Entertainment Defamer Appic "Volare" singer Al Martino who played the Don's godson, Johnny Fontane in The Godfather, has died at the age of 82. Friend Jerry Blavat described Martino, who got his start in 1952, as "the last of the show business legends."