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Accardo was born on April 28, 1906, in Chicago's Near West Side, the second of six children of shoemaker Francesco Accardo and Maria Tilotta Accardo. [2] One year before his birth, the Accardos had emigrated from Castelvetrano, in the Province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy to the United States.
Tony Accardo, "Joe Batters", "Big Tuna" (born Antonino Leonardo Accardo, 1906–1992) Anthony Accetturo, "Tumac" (born 1938) Momo Adamo (1895–1956)
April 28, 1906 – The Chicago Outfit's Boss-of-bosses for almost a half-century, Tony Accardo (Antonino Leonardo Accardo), was born in Chicago to a Sicilian-immigrant shoemaker and his Sicilian-immigrant wife, who both settled in America in 1905. At the time of Tony Accardo's birth, the family lived at 1353 Grand Avenue.
Anthony "Tony" Accardo [58] (Born Antonino Accardo) Joe Batters, Big Tuna: 1947 1957 Stepped down in 1957, becoming a "shadow executive" of the mob. Salvatore "Sam" Giancana (Born Gilormo Giangana) Mooney, Mo, Momo: 1957 1966 Fled to Mexico to avoid imprisonment in 1966, deposed by Ricca and Accardo. Samuel Battaglia (Born Salvatore Battaglia ...
Joey Aiuppa gained control of the Chicago Outfit after the death of Sam Giancana, who had strong support from Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo. [2] Aiuppa became the boss in 1971 after Felix Anthony "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio was sent to prison. Under the leadership of Aiuppa, the Chicago Outfit grew stronger ties to its Las Vegas Casinos.
Accardo hires Ricca's former bootleg driver-turned gangster, Sam Giancana. Called "Mooney" because he's a loose cannon, Sam takes over his cellmate Eddie Jones' policy wheels numbers racket, an illegal lottery run by black gangster Theodore Roe who is killed in the process. Just as things improve for The Outfit, on January 25, 1947, Accardo ...
Coming out of semi-retirement, Tony Accardo decides to take a more hands-on leadership within the Outfit, but places Samuel "Sam Teets" Battaglia out front as boss of the Outfit and Fiore "Fifi" Buccieri as underboss, while Accardo himself heads the Chicago mafia from the shadows. Charles LeCicero, a member of the Colombo crime family, is murdered.
He was born to John Cerone Sr. and Rose Valant. He stood at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg). During the 1950s Cerone was a chauffeur to boss Antonino "Tony" "Joe Batters" Accardo, then became the protégé of boss Salvatore "Sam," "Momo" Giancana.