CC205 Study Guide - Final Guide: Minibike, Sparks Steak House, Angelo Ruggiero
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Two other deaths that altered mafia history was carlo gambino and carmine galante. The first was don carlo gambino who came closer than any other member of the commission to being recognized as boss of bosses* Gambino was the mobs most potent and revered godfather. Under gambinos firm command, the borgata became the nations largest with about 500 made men and more than 200 thousand associates. By outwitting his main rival, joe bonnano, who was forced into retirement, gambino because the senior don on the commission. During the last months of don carlo"s failing health, paul castellano had been in training as acting boss of the family. Dellacroces ideas about the family operations were in sharp contrast with castellano"s. A ruggedly built, cigar chomping mobster from little italy. He relied on old fashioned practices, loan sharking, truck hijackings, robberies, numbers, gambling. Named neil , mr neil, tall guy, and polack.
