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Constantino Paul Castellano (Italian: [kastelˈlaːno]; June 26, 1915 – December 16, 1985) was an American crime boss who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family of New York City. Castellano ran the organization from 1976 until his murder on December 16, 1985.
The family's fortunes grew through 1976, when Gambino appointed his brother-in-law Paul Castellano as boss upon his death. Castellano infuriated upstart capo John Gotti, who orchestrated Castellano's murder in 1985.
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.
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 ...
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.
A suspect was in custody Saturday morning after his Jersey Shore arrest for the mob execution of Gambino family boss Frank Cali. Arrest made in brutal Staten Island mob hit of reputed Gambino ...
Paul Castellano Anthony Salerno Anthony Corallo Gennaro Langella. The indictments and arrests on February 25, 1985, included nine defendants: [11] Paul "Big Paul" Castellano, boss of the Gambino crime family; Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno, boss of the Genovese crime family; Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo, boss of the Lucchese crime family
In a photograph posted on former Gambino crime family hitman John Alite’s Facebook page, Mr Trump is shown smiling and giving a thumbs up gesture New Trump photo with mobster surfaces a day ...