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Vito Genovese (Italian: [ˈviːto dʒenoˈveːze,-eːse]; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mobster of the American Mafia.
Oct 13, 2024 · Vito Genovese (born November 27, 1897, Rosiglino, Italy—died February 14, 1969, Springfield, Missouri, U.S.) was one of the most powerful of American crime syndicate and Mafia bosses from the 1930s to the 1950s and a major influence even from prison, 1959–69.
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Vito Genovese was born on November 21, 1897, in the town of Tufino in Italy. He and his sister Giovanna Jennie and brothers, Michael and Carmine, were raised in the subdivision of Ricigliano. He was 15 years old when his father, Frances Felice Genovese, and his mother, Nunziata Aluotto, prepared to immigrate to America. Arriving in New York City ab...
Named after Salvatore Maranzano’s birthplace, Castellammare del Golfo, the Castellammarese War saw him square off with Joe Masseria for territory and control. All revenue sources were in jeopardy, from illegal gambling and bootlegging to drug trafficking and prostitution. The relentless bloodshed didn’t cease until April 15, 1931. According to Carl...
Vito Genovese’s time as boss of the Luciano crime family was brief, however. Because he was determined to avoid an indictment for murdering Boccia, he fled to Italy in 1937, naming Frank Costello acting boss in his stead. In Italy, Genovese mingled with local dons, extorted the local rackets, and even befriended Benito Mussolini. In 1943, he ordere...
- Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) Scorsese is up to his old tricks of making pearls out of swine. His gangster classic Goodfellas told the story of a rat fink bastard, Henry Hill, a Lucchese family associate who got 50 of his friends pinched after informing starting in 1980.
- Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) Russell Bufalino may have been inadvertently responsible for the public getting knowledge about the American Mafia. He came to the public eye in October 1963 when Genovese family soldier Joseph Valachi named his name on national television when he testified at the McClellan Senate hearings.
- Mob Boss Angelo Bruno (Harvey Keitel) Angelo Bruno brought order to chaos for the Philadelphia mob in a leadership that lasted a generation. Known as “the Gentle Don” or “the Docile Don,” Bruno was shot in the head while sitting in a car outside of his house on March 21, 1980.
- Phil Testa (Larry Romano) “Well they blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night and they blew up his house too,” Bruce Springsteen sang on “Atlantic City.”
Sep 5, 2024 · Vito Genovese After Lucky Luciano went to prison in 1936, Vito Genovese (pictured here) became the acting boss of what was then the largest and arguably most important and powerful of the Five Families.
An American Mafia don with a complex legacy, Vito Genovese was ruthless, ambitious and power hungry, remembered as much for his heavily feared reputation as for being at least partially responsible for the downfall of organized crime in the United States in the latter half of the 20th century.
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Aug 18, 2021 · In 1957, newly-ascendant mob boss Vito Genovese felt on top of the world, and he wanted other mafia leaders to recognize it. So he called what is now referred to as the Apalachin meeting.
