In 1999, A&E had an excellent biography of Bonanno. The enormous wedding of his son, Bill, and Rosalie Profaci was discussed. About 3,000 people attended the reception at the Hotel Astor. The program specifically mentioned Accardo as one of the bosses who were there.

Incidentally, the biography also provided further ammunition for the many who are (justifiably) enormously skeptical of Joe Bonanno's claim to be against drugs. It was mentioned that soon after Bill and Rosalie's wedding, Joe paid a visit to Sicily. According to the later testimony of a Sicilian mafioso, one of the reasons for the visit was to arrange narcotics shipments.