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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.
On January 14, 1979, DeSimone's wife, Angela, reported him missing. She said she had last seen DeSimone a few weeks earlier when he borrowed $60 from her. [12] It is believed that DeSimone was murdered as revenge for the two unsanctioned murders of John Gotti's men, Bentvena and Jerothe.
John Favara (March 4, 1929 – disappeared July 28, 1980, declared dead in absentia in 1983) was the backyard neighbor of Gambino crime family captain and later boss John Gotti, in Howard Beach, New York. He disappeared on July 28, 1980, over four months after he struck and killed Gotti's 12-year-old son, Frank Gotti, with his car.
The days of the Five Families ruling New York and sharp-suited John Gotti mingling with the stars appear to be long gone. But the RICO indictment and arrest of 10 accused Gambino mob members ...
Goombatah: The Improbable Rise and Fall of John Gotti and His Gang by John Cummings and Ernest Volkman; Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family by John H. Davis; Boss of Bosses: The FBI and Paul Castellano by Joseph F. O'Brien and Andris Kurins; Frontline interview of Bruce Taylor in June 2001; Perlez, Jane (1984-04-10).
The wife and daughter of John Gotti Jr., the namesake son of the notorious New York mob boss John “Dapper Don” Gotti, are facing assault charges stemming from a fistfight with a woman at a ...
Castellano infuriated upstart capo John Gotti, who orchestrated Castellano's murder in 1985. Gotti's downfall came in 1992, when his underboss Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano cooperated with the FBI. Gravano's cooperation with the U.S. government sent John Gotti and most of the top members of the Gambino family to prison.
Assault raps against Mafia scion John Gotti Jr.’s wife and daughter were dropped Tuesday in a case involving a wild brawl at a youth basketball game on Long Island, officials said.. Kimberly ...