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John Gotti [1] [note 1] (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ t i / GOT-ee, Italian:; October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002) was an American mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter, leading what was described as America's most powerful crime syndicate.
John Favara (March 4, 1929 – disappeared July 28, 1980, declared dead in absentia in 1983) was the backyard neighbor of Gambino crime family captain and later boss John Gotti, in Howard Beach, New York. He disappeared on July 28, 1980, over four months after he struck and killed Gotti's 12-year-old son, Frank Gotti, with his car.
Frank "Frankie Loc" LoCascio (September 24, 1932 – October 1, 2021) was an American mobster who rose to become consigliere of the Gambino crime family under the administration of John Gotti. Biography
[105] [106] Suspecting Weiss of becoming a cooperating witness, Gambino boss John Gotti requested that John Riggi have Weiss eliminated. On Riggi's orders, Weiss was shot outside his home in New Springville, Staten Island by Vincent Palermo and James Gallo. [107] [108] Anthony Capo was a getaway driver in the killing. [109]
John Angelo Gotti (born February 14, 1964) [1] is an American former mobster who was the acting boss of the Gambino crime family from 1992 to 1999. He became acting boss when the boss of the family, his father John Gotti , was sent to prison.
Angelo Salvatore Ruggiero Sr. (Italian: [ˈandʒelo rudˈdʒɛːro]; July 29, 1940 – December 4, 1989), also known as "Quack Quack", was an American gangster.He was a member of the Gambino crime family and a friend of John Gotti's.
Supervising agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Edward Magnuson testified that a confidential informant had told him that Gotti was, "very angry relative to the murder of Frank DeCicco, and when he was out on bail, or when the trial was over, there was going to be a war, and John would take his revenge." Gotti instructed all ...