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Rosario "Sal" Gambino (Italian pronunciation: [roˈzaːrjo ɡamˈbiːno]; born January 12, 1942) is an Italian mobster in the Gambino crime family. He became nationally [ clarification needed ] known when he and his brothers set up a multimillion dollar heroin cartel during the 1970s and 1980s.
Robert "DiB" DiBernardo (May 31, 1937 – June 5, 1986) was an American caporegime in the Gambino crime family, who was reputed to control much of the commercial pornography in the US. During the 1984 US presidential election , publicity about DiBernardo having rented business premises from the husband of Geraldine Ferraro embroiled her in ...
Joseph Corozzo, Sr. started with the Gambino family as a transport truck hijacker. Corozzo earned the nickname "Miserable" because he allegedly suffers from bipolar disorder. In 1971, Corozzo was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to answer grand jury questions about organized crime. [2]
Louis Ferrante (born May 13, 1969) is an American writer who was a former heist expert and Gambino crime family mobster. He spent eight and a half years in prison for heists and hijackings, [1] successfully appealed his conviction and became a bestselling true crime, business, and science writer.
Nicholas is the older brother of alleged reputed Gambino consigliere Joseph "Jo Jo" Corozzo as well as twin brothers Blaise Corozzo, a Gambino soldier, and Anthony Corozzo, who was an associate of the Gambino crime family. Anthony Corozzo is a longtime parishioner of Our Lady of Loreto Church located at the corner of Pacific Street & Sackman ...
When the North Tower collapse on 9/11, Thomas Gambino III knew in his gut that his father, FDNY Firefighter Thomas Gambino Jr., was dead. At his father's funeral, he knew what he'd be doing the ...
William "Billy Batts" Bentvena (February 22, 1933 – June 11, 1970), also known as William Devino, [2] was an American mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a longtime friend of John Gotti in the 1960s.
Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson (September 29, 1935 – August 29, 1988) was a reputed American mobster.According to court documents and pretrial testimony, Johnson was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant from 1966 to 1985, when he provided investigators with information relating to John Gotti and other members of the Gambino crime family.