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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.
Angelo Ruggiero, 49, American mobster, member of the Gambino crime family, cancer. [ 30 ] May Swenson , 76, American poet and playwright, chancellor of the Academy of American Poets .
[6] Ruggiero was the epitome of a wiseguy and had the respect of other mobsters. He had a reputation as a killer, but, on a daily basis, was not prone to violence. Ruggiero had never served time in prison; he had been arrested many times but never jailed. Ruggiero earned his nickname "Lefty" from tossing dice left-handed while playing craps.
When advised of Scibetta's fate, a furious Gravano said he would kill Castellano first. However, Gravano was eventually calmed by DeCicco and accepted Scibetta's death as the punishment earned by his behavior. [6] In 1983, Castellano ordered DeCicco to arrange the murder of Gambino soldier Roy DeMeo. DeMeo headed a crew that had committed as ...
May 6 – Salvatore Ruggiero, heroin trafficker and brother of Gambino crime family capo Angelo "Quack Quack" Ruggiero; June 5 – John J. Vitale, boss and underboss of the St. Louis crime family; June 17 – Roberto Calvi, banker and money launderer for the Sicilian Cosa Nostra; September 3 – Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Italian carabinieri ...
Salvatore Frank Ruggiero Sr. (pronounced roo-JEH-roh; July 20, 1945 – May 6, 1982), also known as "Sal the Sphinx", "Sal Quack Quack" and "Sally", was an American mobster, drug trafficker and Gambino crime family mob associate who was the younger brother of Angelo Ruggiero and ringleader of "The Pleasant Avenue Connection" which was a precursor to the Pizza Connection drug smuggling operation.
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