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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 .
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 ...
In August 1983, Ruggiero and Gene Gotti were arrested for dealing heroin, based primarily on recordings from a bug in Ruggiero's house. [64] [65] Castellano, who had banned made men from his family from dealing drugs under threat of death, demanded transcripts of the tapes, [64] [66] and, when Ruggiero refused, threatened to demote Gotti. [59]
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.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s alleged assassin Luigi Mangione was “irritated” before his public outburst because there was no lawyer to support him as law enforcement officials ...
Luigi Mangione — the man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — had reportedly been dealing with "debilitating" back pain before going "radio silent" with friends over ...
[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.