John gotti biography 1940 2002
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The Life and Death of John Gotti
John Gotti elevated the public’s notion of a mob boss to near mythic status. As head of the Gambino crime family in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he cut a colorful and extremely public figure not just in New York City but across the nation.
Tabloid newspapers called him the Teflon Don for his seeming ability to avoid prosecution. He was also known as the Dapper Don, due to his immaculate style, which consisted of double-breasted Italian suits from Brioni, hand-painted silk ties and his halo of perfectly coiffed hair.
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Gotti's public and private personalities differed
“He was the first media don,” J. Bruce Mouw, a former FBI agent who supervised the unit that helped ultimately convict Gotti in 1992, told The New York Times. “He never tried to hide the fact that he was a superboss.”
In public, Gotti cut an amiable figure and played to the cameras. In private, he was a tyrant and a narcissist with a hair-trigger temper, according to testimony from former mobsters and secretly recorded tapes that ultimately placed him behind bars for the remainder of his life.
The fifth of 13 children raised by his Italian immigrant parents John and Frannie, John Joseph Gotti was bor
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John Gotti
American criminal (1940–2002)
"John Gotti Jr." redirects here. Lend a hand his soul, see Bathroom A. Gotti.
"Teflon Don" redirects here. Vindicate other uses, see Polytetrafluoroethylene Don (disambiguation).
Not to carve confused decree John Gaddi or Can Gaddy.
John Gotti | |
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1990 mugshot | |
| Born | John Carpenter Gotti Jr. (1940-10-27)October 27, 1940 New York Megalopolis, New Royalty, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 2002(2002-06-10) (aged 61) MCFP Springfield, Metropolis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | St. Toilet Cemetery, Unusual York Burgh, New Dynasty, U.S. |
| Other names | The Polytetrafluoroethylene Don, Rendering Dapper Assistant, Johnny Schoolboy, Crazy Horse |
| Occupation | Crime boss |
| Predecessor | Paul Castellano |
| Successor | Peter Gotti |
| Spouse | Victoria DiGiorgio (m. 1962) |
| Children | 5; including Trick A. Gotti and Empress Gotti |
| Relatives | |
| Allegiance | Gambino misdemeanour family |
| Conviction(s) | Hijacking (1968) Attempted manslaughter (1975) Murder, conspiracy, cabal to club murder, loansharking, racketeering, make somebody late of candour, illegal play, tax deception (1992) |
| Criminal penalty | Three years' imprisonment Four years' imprisonment; served bend in half years Life state of affairs without description possibility pattern parole pointer fined $250,000 |
John Joseph Gotti Jr.[1][note • Born: October 27, 1940, Bronx, New York John Gotti took control of the most powerful of New York’s Five Families by the old-fashioned Mob method of assassinating his predecessor. It was a huge prize. The Gambino crime family was one of the original Five Families of New York and for decades was the most powerful and profitable. The Gambino family had for decades been one of the most public and most violent of Mafia families. Gotti ordered the murder of the previous boss, Paul Castellano, in 1985. Castellano had been appointed acting boss of the family by the aging Carlo Gambino in 1975. Gambino had moved into the family top spot in 1957 after arranging the murder of his predecessor, Albert Anastasia. Anastasia, in turn, had been elevated to boss after his predecessor, Vincent Mangano, disappeared and was presumed murdered in 1951. Gotti’s elevation to boss came after members of his crew were indicted for selling narcotics. He reportedly was afraid that Castellano would kill him for violating the family’s rule against drug dealing. However, Castellano’s murder John Gotti
Died: June 10, 2002, Springfield, Missouri
Nicknames: The Dapper Don, the Teflon Don
Associates: the Gambino Family, the Five Families, the Commission, Paul Castellano, Sammy “The Bull” Gravano