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1. • • Henry Gonzalez of Tampa, a longtime friend and attorney, said Trafficante died late Tuesday) at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, where he had gone for heart surgery.
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   When did Santo Trafficante die?

   • He died on March 17, 1987. He returned to Tampa for the last time for internment in the L’Unione Italiana Cemetery. Scott M. Deitche is the author of six books on organized crime, including a biography of Santo Trafficante Jr., and has written dozens of articles on organized crime for magazines and newspapers.

   Florida Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Jr. died 30 years ago March 17

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   Who was Santo Trafficante Jr?

   • Trafficante Jr. was nonetheless a ruthless and old-school mob boss. This was proven in 1953 when he eliminated the last contender to the Tampa mob throne: Joe Antinori, son of the late Ignacio. With that act, Santo Trafficante now reigned supreme in Tampa. He moved to Cuba in 1955 where he met the country’s authoritarian ruler Fulgencio Batista.

   Santo Trafficante Jr.: The Florida Godfather Who Tried To Kill Castro

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   Did Santo Trafficante die with the JFK assassination?

   • Trafficante was one of the last surviving members of the original Luciano mob era upon his death, and the truth behind the JFK assassination may have perhaps died with him. After this look at Santo Trafficante Jr., read the gruesome story of the murderous American dentist, Benjamin Salomon, of World War II.

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   What happened to Trafficante?

   • The men started to drive away when another sedan drove past the Mercury, the occupants unloading a blast of buckshot as they passed. Trafficante scrambled out the passenger-side door. The gunmen drove off, unaware they had failed to kill Trafficante, merely grazing his arm. Santo told the state attorney, “I don’t have an enemy in the world.

   Florida Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Jr. died 30 years ago March 17

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   Who is Santo Trafficante & how did he become a mobster?

   • Born in Tampa, Florida in 1914, Trafficante hailed from a family already deeply involved in organized crime. Like many of the most prominent mobsters of the 20th century, his father, Santo Trafficante Sr., grew up in Sicily, Italy but became a major player in the criminal world after migrating to America.

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   Why did Santo SR die?

   • In 1954, Santo Sr. died of natural causes (at a time when some of his remaining rivals were still being violently dispatched), and his son took over leadership of the crime family. According to Scott M. Deitche in The Silent Don, the family was profiting not only from its offshore casinos but from narcotics trafficking.

   Santo Trafficante Jr. - The Mob Museum

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Santo_Trafficante_JrSanto Trafficante Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 – March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. He headed the Trafficante crime family from 1954 to 1987 and controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba, which had previously been consolidated from several rival gangs by his father, Santo Trafficante Sr.

4. themobmuseum.org › blog › trafficante-jr-deathFlorida Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Jr. died 30 years ago ...

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   Mar 15, 2017 · At 7:25 p.m. on January 3, 1953, Florida Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Jr. had just finished dinner with his wife and children at his father-in-law’s house in the Ybor City section of Tampa, Florida. He walked outside and got into a 1951 Mercury sedan driven by one of his associates.

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   Oct 17, 2021 · Santo Trafficante Jr. claimed to have orchestrated JFK's assassination and was a part of a CIA plot with the mob to kill Fidel Castro. But President John Kennedy wasn't so lucky, if rumors that Trafficante was involved in his death are to be believed...

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7. www.tampabay.com › features › humaninterestSpoiled by mobsters, Meyer Lansky's daughter recalls family ...

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   Jun 13, 2014 · Her only connection to Tampa, she said, was "Santo," meaning Santo Trafficante Jr., one of the last of the old-time bosses. She said her father never betrayed remorse. "Why should he have...

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8. www.tampabay.com › news › Sixty-years-ago-a-bolitaSixty years ago, a bolita operator was gunned down and the ...

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   Jun 29, 2018 · While rising to power in the 1950s, Trafficante is said to have had at least six competing bolita operators murdered by the time he demanded Diaz' business, according to Tampa mob historian Scott...

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Trafficante_crime_familyTrafficante crime family - Wikipedia

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   Santo, Jr. never spent a day in jail, and he died of natural causes in 1987. [5] Despite numerous unrealized ambitions, he was regarded as one of the most powerful mob bosses of the American Mafia and ruled his family with an iron fist. [1]

10. themobmuseum.org › notable_names › santo-trafficante-jrSanto Trafficante Jr. - The Mob Museum

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    Santo Trafficante Jr. Born: November 15, 1914, Tampa, Florida. Died: March 17, 1987, Houston, Texas. Nicknames: The Silent Don. Associates: Sam Giancana, Charlie “Lucky” Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Johnny Rosselli, Robert Maheu.