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  2. Paul Castellano - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Thomas Bilotti - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Thomas Gambino - Wikipedia

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    After Carlo Gambino died in 1976, his designated successor, Paul Castellano, became the new family boss. Many family members were angered by Castellano's ascension, preferring underboss Aniello "Mr. Neil" Dellacroce instead. However, Dellacroce insisted that his supporters support Castellano for the good of the family.

  5. Carlo Gambino - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Aniello Dellacroce - Wikipedia

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    Against expectations, he had appointed Paul Castellano to succeed him over his underboss Dellacroce. Gambino appeared to believe that his crime family would benefit from Castellano's focus on white collar businesses. [12] Dellacroce, at the time, was imprisoned for tax evasion and was unable to contest Castellano's succession. [13]

  7. Frank Amato - Wikipedia

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    Frank Amato (/ ˈ ɑː m ə t oʊ / AH-mə-toh, [citation needed] Italian:; disappeared September 20, 1980, pronounced legally dead 1985) was a Sicilian-American mafioso who was the son-in-law of Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano.

  8. Arrest made in brutal Staten Island mob hit of reputed ... - AOL

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    The killing marked the city’s first murder of a sitting mob boss since the December 1985 hit on Gambino boss Paul (Big Paul) Castellano, who lived in the same Todt Hill neighborhood where Cali ...

  9. Gambino crime family - Wikipedia

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    Gambino appeared to believe that his crime family would benefit from Castellano's focus on white collar businesses. [47] Dellacroce, at the time, was imprisoned for tax evasion and was unable to contest Castellano's succession. [48] Castellano's succession was confirmed at a meeting on November 24, with Dellacroce present.