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    Charles "Lucky" Luciano (/ˌluːtʃiˈɑːnoʊ/ LOO-chee-AH-noh, Italian: [luˈtʃaːno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaˈtoːre lukaˈniːa]; November 24, 1897 – January...
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  • Lucky Luciano is a 1973 Italian/French/US international co-production crime film about the Sicilian-American gangster Charles “LuckyLuciano, played...
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  • Anthony Garcia (born April 20, 1981), better known by his stage name Lucky Luciano, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. After leaving Latium Records...
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    child. As a youth he joined New York City gangs. Working with Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Costello was involved in bootlegging operations during Prohibition...
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    was abolished for the Commission, a ruling committee established by Lucky Luciano to oversee all Mafia activities in the United States and to mediate...
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  • families. The modern family was founded by Charles "Lucky" Luciano and was known as the Luciano crime family from 1931 to 1957, when Vito Genovese became...
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  • bosses"). However, Maranzano was murdered in September 1931 on orders of Lucky Luciano, who established a power-sharing arrangement through a governing body...
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    began turning poorly for Masseria, his second-in-command, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, saw an opportunity to switch allegiances. In a secret deal with Maranzano...
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    but was murdered on September 10, 1931, on the orders of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who established The Commission, in which families shared power to prevent...
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    criminal associate of the legendary Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Castellammarese War and helped Luciano shape the new American Mafia's rise...
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    on April 15, 1931, in a hit ordered by his own lieutenant, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, in an agreement with rival faction head Salvatore Maranzano. Giuseppe...
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    Newark, Tim. "Lucky Luciano: Mafia Murderer and Secret Agent" (PDF). Upi (1982-04-19). "Charles Siragusa, Ex-Agent; Took Action Against Luciano". The New...
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  • Maranzano was murdered within six months on the orders of Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Luciano was a former Masseria underling who had switched sides to Maranzano...
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    American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate...
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  • The Commission (American Mafia) (category Lucky Luciano)
    the governing body of the American Mafia, formed in 1931 by Charles "Lucky" Luciano following the Castellammarese War. The Commission replaced the title...
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  • Hoodlum (film) (category Cultural depictions of Lucky Luciano)
    "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne), Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth), and Lucky Luciano (Andy García). In 1934, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson is released from Sing...
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    gambling and car theft. Lansky, who had already had a run-in with Charles "Lucky" Luciano, saw a need for the Jewish boys of his Brooklyn neighborhood to organize...
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    the 1919 World Series. He was also a mentor of future crime bosses Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, Bugsy Siegel, and numerous others. Rothstein...
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    television and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of gangster Lucky Luciano in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire. He has also played Earl...
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  • States Attorney Thomas Dewey, and also threatened by fellow mobster Lucky Luciano. Schultz asked the Commission for permission to kill Dewey, in an attempt...
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    known today for his 30-year pursuit of the Italian-American gangster Lucky Luciano, but also pursued other criminal personalities in his career; escaped...
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  • Havana Conference (category Lucky Luciano)
    Cosa Nostra leaders in Havana, Cuba. Supposedly arranged by Charles "Lucky" Luciano, the conference was held to discuss important mob policies, rules, and...
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  • Mobsters (film) (category Cultural depictions of Lucky Luciano)
    rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. The film stars Christian Slater as Luciano, Patrick Dempsey...
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  • bosses of the modern Five Families, the others being Joseph Bonanno, Lucky Luciano, Joe Profaci and Tommy Gagliano. Mangano made the waterfront his family's...
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    1920s, Lucchese had become a strong ally of fellow mobster Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and became a top member of Gaetano Reina's crime family. During Lucchese's...
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  • American journalist Lucky Luciano (1897–1962), Italian-American mobster Marco Luciano (born 2001), Dominican baseball player Michelle Luciano (fl. 2000s–2020s)...
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    criminals in their own right, including Johnny Torrio, Al Capone, and Lucky Luciano. The area of Manhattan where four streets – Anthony (now Worth), Cross...
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    Crime Syndicate in the 1930s and later became an adviser to Lucky Luciano and his Luciano crime family. Torrio had several nicknames, primarily "The Fox"...
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    boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano and mobster Settimo Accardi, who were involved in illegal gambling. Adonis developed a loyalty to Luciano that lasted for...
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    ambitions of leading the Chicago mob. Vincent Piazza portrays Charles "Lucky" Luciano, a Sicilian-American gangster and close associate of Rothstein. Paz...
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