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Constantino Paul Castellano was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, on June 26, 1915.His parents, Giuseppe and Concetta Castellano (née Cassata), were both Italian immigrants; his father was a butcher and an early member of the Mangano crime family, the forerunner of the Gambino crime family.
Thomas "Tommy" Bilotti (March 23, 1940 – December 16, 1985) was an American mobster who briefly served as underboss of the Gambino crime family in New York City.It was his promotion that helped trigger the 1985 assassination of Gambino boss Paul Castellano; Bilotti would end up killed as well as part of the assassination.
Boss of Bosses is a 2001 American made-for-TV movie about the life of former Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano directed by Dwight H. Little.It stars Chazz Palminteri as Paul Castellano, Patricia Mauceri as his wife Nina, Mark Margolis as Joseph Armone, and Angela Alvarado as his mistress Gloria Olarte.
In 1932, Gambino married one of his cousins, Catherine Castellano, sister of future Gambino family boss Paul Castellano. [5] They raised four children – sons Thomas , Joseph (March 28, 1936 – February 20, 2020 [ 6 ] ) and Carlo Jr. (1934–2019) and a daughter, Phyllis Gambino Sinatra (September 22, 1927 – February 19, 2007).
Danny wants to open an upscale restaurant and lounge and asks Birns for help. Birns arranges a $70,000 loan from Paul Castellano of the Gambino family, but Birns' courier buys cocaine and gets arrested with the remaining money. Birns and Danny have a falling out over who should pay the money back and Birns offers $25,000 to whoever kills Danny.
On December 16, 1985, Pizzonia participated in the assassinations of Gambino boss Paul Castellano and underboss Thomas Bilotti outside a Manhattan steakhouse. After Castellano's murder, Gotti took over as family boss. In June 1988, Pizzonia allegedly murdered mobster Frank Boccia at the family's request.
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The Westies were being used as hired guns for the Gambino family under Paul Castellano, and continued under the Gotti regime. Watts was charged and acquitted of the 1987 killing of William Ciccone. According to the testimony of government witness; Dominic "Fat Dom" Borghese, Watts allegedly drove him from Queens to Staten Island in the back of ...