Al Martino, Godfather Singer, Dead at 82 Andrew Belonsky · 10/13/09 11:38PM "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."