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Anastasia was murdered on October 25, 1957, on the orders of Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino; Gambino subsequently became boss of the family. Anastasia was one of the most ruthless and feared organized crime figures in American history; his reputation earned him the nicknames The Earthquake, The One-Man Army, Mad Hatter and Lord High Executioner.
Anastasia went on to become head of the Gambino crime family in the 1950s. He was shot to death in the barbershop of the Park Sheraton Hotel, now called the Park Central Hotel. Read More
May 4, 2024 · The boss of what became the Gambino family and the co-founder of Murder, Inc., Albert Anastasia was one of New York’s most feared mobsters before his assassination in 1957.
Oct 24, 2015 · Albert Anastasia, 55, burly, beetling Lord High Executioner of the old Murder Inc. mob, was shot to death yesterday by hired killers of his own kind in the Park Sheraton Hotel, Seventh Ave. and...
Died: Oct. 25, 1957, New York, N.Y., U.S. (aged 55) Albert Anastasia (born Sept. 26, 1902, Tropea, Italy—died Oct. 25, 1957, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a major American gangster. Anastasia immigrated to New York City from Italy in 1919 and, in the 1920s, rose through Giuseppe Masseria’s gang.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1951–1957 – Albert Anastasia – murdered in October 1957 on orders of Carlo Gambino. 1957–1976 – Carlo Gambino – died of natural causes in 1976. Acting 1964–1976 – Paul Castellano – acting boss for Gambino, became official boss after his death.
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In 1957, Scotto married Marion Anastasio, whose father was Capo Anthony Anastasio of what was the Anastasia crime family. Marion's uncle was boss Albert Anastasia . [4] Scotto and Marion had four children: broadcast journalist Rosanna Scotto , Elaina Scotto, Anthony Scotto Jr. and John Scotto. [4]
