Carlo Gambino, the reputed new boss of all Cosa ... But Gambino, as Cosa Nostra boss and successor to the late Vito Genovese, would have no part of a mere auxiliary role and immediately declared ...

A longtime rival to the Genovese family as the dominant entity ... This paved the way for the immensely powerful Carlo Gambino and later the infamous John Gotti, who orchestrated the 1985 hit ...

Before he was the inspiration for the greatest fictional crime boss of all time, Carlo Gambino was an illegal immigrant trying to rise to power during the height of organized crime. Gambino, born ...

Many may overlook the real-life figures who inspired legendary fictional Mafia bosses like Don Corleone and Tony Soprano. Mob-themed shows […] ...

Boss from 1963 to 1978. In a Gambino hit, he was shot in the head at a rally for Italian-American civil rights in Manhattan. * Vito Genovese “Boss of all Bosses” while at the helm of own crime ...

Vito Genovese. Genovese had the backing of other mobsters including underboss of Anastasia’s own organization, Carlo Gambino. He offered Gambino the chance to run Anastasia’s organisation if ...

Though the crime organization in question had been operating for decades, the Gambino family’s name came from Carlo Gambino ... Colombo, Genovese and Lucchese — have stuck since.

Anastasia's right-hand man was Carlo Gambino. After Anastasia was assassinated, Gambino became the boss of the family. The crime family exerted control over the construction industry as well as ...

the son of Vito Gambino, who was the illegitimate child of Carlo, and that he was trying to break away from the mob. Carlo Gambino helped inspire the fictional Don Vito Corleone in “The ...

Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Carlo Gambino are long gone ... and possibly kill a witness against the powerful the Genovese family of New York in 2005. He is also accused of helping to run ...