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He was one of the most financially successful gangsters in American history. Before he fled Cuba, Lansky was said to be worth an estimated US$20 million (equivalent to $184 million in 2023). [5] When he died in 1983, his family learned that his estate was worth only around $57,000 (equivalent to $174,371 in 2023). [6]
Nixon, who died in 1994, had a net worth of $988,522 in 1973, according to a Dec. 9 issue from that year by The San Francisco Examiner. That amounts to about $6.03 million in today’s dollars.
Richard G. Gotti (born November 30, 1967) is an American mobster who is a member of the Gambino crime family. His father is Gambino capo Richard V. Gotti and cousins are capo John A. "Junior" Gotti , former reality television star Victoria Gotti , and Peter Gotti Jr.
Since his death in mid-2009, he has topped the list every year except for 2009, 2012, and 2021–22. This is a list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities as ranked by Forbes magazine since October 2001.
Green-Wood Cemetery is the final resting place of distinguished figures such as composer Leonard Bernstein and politician Boss Tweed, but most visitors come to pay homage to homegrown street ...
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.
Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti. Indianapolis: Penguin, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864416-6; Raab, Selwyn. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires. New York: Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 0-312-36181-5; Gotti, Victoria. This Family of Mine: What It Was Like Growing Up Gotti. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009.
The trial against the co-defendants started in January 2023 but dragged on through multiple delays and unexpected turns after several defendants took plea deals while others chose to be tried ...