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Joseph Charles Bonanno (born Giuseppe Carlo Bonanno; Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈkarlo boˈnanno]; January 18, 1905 – May 11, 2002), sometimes referred to as Joe Bananas, was an Italian-American crime boss of the Bonanno crime family, which he ran from 1931 to 1968.
Giuseppe "Joe" Violi – soldier in the Luppino crew operating in Hamilton, Canada. [83] His father Paolo Violi was a capo in the Bonanno crime family operating in Montreal's Cotroni crime family before being murdered in 1978 by the Sicilian faction of the family. [10] His grandfather Giacomo Luppino was the boss of Hamilton's Luppino crime ...
Joe Bonanno reappeared on May 17, 1966, at Foley Square. [28] In 1968, DiGregorio was wounded by machine gun fire and later suffered a heart attack. [28] The Commission eventually became dissatisfied with DiGregorio's efforts at quelling the family rebellion, dropped DiGregorio, and swung their support to Paul Sciacca. In 1968, after a heart ...
Soon after the various Bonanno associates begin to dine and toasts are made congratulating Joe Bonanno on his return to New York, Joe Notaro appears to be in distress and in need of aide, he has a heart attack and dies right there at the table. May 23 – Chicago labor racketeer Benjamin Stein is arrested and imprisoned for 18 months.
In A Man of Honor: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-671-46747-6, Joseph Bonanno referred to Willie Moretti as Frank Costello's "strength." This would later be compared to the relationship between Mario Puzo's character Luca Brasi and Don Vito Corleone's so-called "strength" in the novel The Godfather.
Dominick Napolitano (June 16, 1930 – August 17, 1981), also known as Sonny Black, was an American Mafia caporegime in the Bonanno crime family.He is known for unwittingly allowing FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone to become an associate in his crew and nearly having him become a "made man."
Frank LaBruzzo, Former leader of the Bonanno crime family and brother-in-law to Joseph Bonanno; Gaspare Magaddino, syndicate gunman and older brother of Stefano Magaddino; Rudolph Marfeo, New England mobster; Santo Perrone "Sam", Bonanno crime family member and owner of a Brooklyn trucking company
May – Joseph Bonanno is accused by federal authorities of running an international drug trafficking operation between Montreal, Quebec, and New York City, New York. June – Genovese and Gambino crime families are charged by federal authorities to hold a monopoly on Westchester County garbage carting and waste disposal.