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    Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano (born March 12, 1945) is an American former mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Gambino crime family...
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  • soldier in the Gambino crime family and considered a "key member" of Sammy Gravano's Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew. He is the only known mobster who asked...
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  • Joseph and John Zicarelli, the brother-in-law of mobster Sammy Gravano and uncle of Gerard Gravano, who was a Gambino crime family mob associate who was...
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  • generation emigrants from Rocca di Papa, Italy in Bensonhurst where Sammy Gravano, Anthony Casso and Frank DeCicco were all born and raised. Pappa had...
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  • associate who was involved in the murder of Frank Fiala and member of Sammy Gravano's Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew. Nicholas Mormando was the son of Italian-American...
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  • a 1997 biographical book based on the life of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano. The book goes through Gravano's early life up to 1997, which does not cover his...
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  • in the same neighborhood as future friends and criminal associates Sammy Gravano and Frank DeCicco. He had one sister named Rosanna DeBatt-Massa. He...
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    Ruggiero grew up with future Gambino boss John Gotti and underboss Sammy Gravano. A high school dropout, Ruggiero was arrested in the 1950s for street...
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    Families affected by the ongoing Mafia Commission Trial. According to Sammy Gravano, another of Gotti's co-conspirators, DeCicco returned from the meeting...
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  • mid-1970s. He was the brother-in-law of former underboss Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, married to Gravano's sister Fran. In May 1985, Garafola was charged with...
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    downfall came in 1992, when his underboss Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano cooperated with the FBI. Gravano's cooperation with the U.S. government sent John...
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  • Analyze That, First Kill and The Sopranos. He also played the role of Sammy Gravano in the 2018 film Gotti. DeMeo was raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and...
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  • Frank Locascio to life in prison in 1992, with the help of informant Sammy Gravano in exchange for immunity from prosecution for his crimes. Aside from...
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  • Calabro by Gambino crime family soldier Sammy Gravano, and that Gravano provided the murder weapon. Gravano, serving a twenty-year sentence in Arizona...
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  • charged with organizing Castellano's murder; underboss Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano testifies against him, and this time, Gotti is convicted and sentenced...
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  • Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano described DeCicco as being calculating and observant. Gambino boss Paul Castellano once commented on DeCicco to Gravano; "Frankie...
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    conspiring to murder government informant and former Gambino underboss Sammy Gravano. On July 27, 2005, Judge Richard C. Casey sentenced Gotti to 25 years...
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    appointed by family boss John Gotti in 1986, according to Mafia turncoat Sammy Gravano. Together with his younger brothers Rosario (Sal) and Giuseppe (Joseph)...
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  • Castellano. Gotti already had the support of capo Frank DeCicco and soldiers Sammy Gravano and Robert DiBernardo, but lining up the support of Armone was a critical...
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  • her fortunes in a Senate primary that she had been front-runner for. Sammy Gravano said he was told by the only Mafia member allowed to see John Gotti...
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  • He quickly developed close relationships with Gotti, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano and two brothers, Nicholas Corozzo and Joseph "Jo Jo" Corozzo....
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    of protected witnesses returning to a life of crime exist, such as Sammy Gravano. The process of entering the Witness Protection Program can be prolonged...
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  • that he felt for the man who became his underboss, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano. The film details Gotti's rise within the Gambino crime family...
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  • 11, 1998. Based on a true story, the film follows the rise of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in the ranks of the Gambino crime family, one of the "Five Families"...
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  • represent underboss Sammy Gravano. However, Judge I. Leo Glasser barred Shargel and Bruce Cutler from representing, respectively, Gravano and Gotti, agreeing...
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    When You're Dead (1995). Forsythe portrayed real-life mobster "Sammy The Bull" Gravano in Gotti (1996) and supported another ex-NFL player's foray into...
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  • Vito Genovese Jason Getsy Sam Giancana Fred Goetz Martin Goldstein Sammy Gravano Frank Gusenberg Charles Harrelson Tom Horn Cornelius Hughes Stevie Hughes...
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  • Gravano. It tells the story of Gravano growing up as the daughter of Sammy Gravano and marrying within the Mafia. Gravano has received criticism from families...
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  • assassins under Gotti's command. Gotti watched the hit from his car with Sammy Gravano. In April 1988, Dellacroce's son, Armond, died while hiding in the Pocono...
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  • involvement in professional boxing, Gambino crime family underboss Sammy Gravano stated that Curtis offered to improve a boxer’s WBC ranking in exchange...
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