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Frank Joseph Battisti (October 4, 1922 – October 19, 1994) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Battisti's career featured groundbreaking—and sometimes controversial—rulings, notably his finding in 1976 that the Cleveland public school system was guilty of racial ...
The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the Greater Cleveland area. The organization formed during the 1900s, and early leadership turned over frequently due to a series of power grabs and assassinations.
Born Giovanni Narcchione in Cleveland, Nardi began his mob work as an enforcer for the local vending machine workers union. He is the cousin of Anthony Delsanter, brother of Nicholas Nardi and father of John Nardi Jr. and Carol Nardi. Nardi would become a representative of his uncle Anthony Milano, a retired consigliere from the Cleveland crime ...
Thomas James Sinito, also known as "The Chinaman" (September 18, 1938 − December 21, 1997), was a powerful Caporegime in the Cleveland crime family who was once accused of plotting the assassination of then mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Dennis J. Kucinich in 1979. [1]
Joseph Schanda, 94, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1990–1994). [506] Marie-Christine Schrijen, 82–83, Belgian-born French photographer. [507] Jeanne Socquet, 95, French painter and mosaicist. [508] Willis H. Stephens, 99, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1953–1982). [509]
Upon Guardalabene's death from natural causes on February 6, 1921, his son Giovanni Battista "Peter" Guardalabene became boss of the Milwaukee crime family until 1924, when he turned over control of the family to a distant relative, Giuseppe "Big Joe" D'Amato. [5] D'Amato died from pneumonia at the age of 41, on March 28, 1927. [5]
Joseph A. Bracken, 94, American philosopher and Catholic theologian. [340] Larry Brown, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles). [341] Joanna Dworakowska, 45, Polish chess player. [342] Richard Horowitz, 75, American film composer (Three Seasons, The Sheltering Sky, Any Given Sunday). [343]
Joseph Salvatore Altobelli (May 26, 1932 – March 3, 2021) was an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played for the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. He was also a manager for the San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, and Chicago Cubs. He batted and threw left-handed.