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Aug 9, 2019 · On April 18, 1955, eight months after Santo Sr. death, Walls’ wife came home to Ybor City from visiting her sister to find the 75-year-old Charlie murdered in the back room of their house, throat cut and head bashed in from a blackjack.
May 15, 2015 · Josephine Marchese Trafficante, the wife of reputed former Tampa organized crime leader Santo Trafficante, died in her sleep at home Wednesday, according to a paid obituary published by her...
Jul 1, 2024 · Santo Trafficante Jr.: The Power Behind the Throne. Posted on July 16, 2024 by Mike Dickson. Early Life and Rise to Power Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 – March 17, 1987) was the son of Santo Trafficante, Sr., the long-time boss of the family of the same name.
Jun 18, 2024 · By Ray Roa on Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 3:17 pm. Send a News Tip. Photo via Library of Congress. Santo Trafficante Jr. sitting on a stool in front of his bar at the Sans Souci Night Club in...
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Aug 10, 2019 · AN IMMIGRANT AT AGE 15, HE ROSE TO POWER VIA BOOTLEGGING, ILLEGAL GAMBLING, EVENTUALLY RELINQUISHING POWER TO SON. On August 12, 1954, in Tampa, Florida, Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Sr. died from stomach cancer.
Oct 26, 2022 · Special guest Chief and I delved into the life of one of the most powerful gangsters in the history of this country, Tampa boss Santo Trafficante Sr. We got into his early life following the footsteps of his boss father, to his foray into the drug trade and Cuba all while making hundreds of millions of dollars.
Santo Trafficante Sr. (May 28, 1886 – August 11, 1954) was a Sicilian -born mobster, and father of the powerful mobster Santo Trafficante Jr. Santo Trafficante Sr. gained power as a mobster in Tampa, Florida and ruled the Mafia in Tampa from the 1930s until his death in 1954.
