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Russell Alfred Bufalino (/ ˌ b ʌ f ə ˈ l iː n oʊ /; born Rosario Alfredo Bufalino, Italian: [roˈzaːrjo alˈfreːdo bufaˈliːno]; October 29, 1903 – February 25, 1994) was an Italian-American mobster who became the crime boss of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Italian-American Mafia crime family known as the Bufalino crime family, which he ruled from 1959 to 1994.
Dec 18, 2023 · Sicilian-born crime boss Russell Bufalino was not only the godfather of Pennsylvania, but he may have ordered Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran to kill Jimmy Hoffa. Getty Images Born in Sicily in 1903, Russell Bufalino ruled northeastern Pennsylvania’s Bufalino crime family from 1959 until his death in 1994. Also known as “The Quiet Don ...
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- Jimmy Hoffa. A crusader to some, and a villain to many, Jimmy Hoffa (played by Al Pacino) was, for a time, one of the most powerful labor leaders in the U.S. From 1957 to 1971, he was the president of the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters, a trucking union that Hoffa helped build into the largest union in the country.
- Russell Bufalino. As in real life, Joe Pesci’s Russell Bufalino in The Irishman cuts a low profile that conceals his influence. A quiet leader of a Northeast Pennsylvania crime family, the real Bufalino was a powerful player in the Teamsters union, according to Brandt, and had even allegedly been recruited to spy in Cuba by the CIA.
- Frank Sheeran. Depending on who you ask, the real Frank Sheeran was something between a crooked two-bit Philly Teamsters leader and one of the most prolific mafia hitmen of all time.
- Anthony Provenzano. Anthony Provenzano (Stephen Graham), known to associates as “Tony Pro,” was a living embodiment of the crossover between the Teamsters union and the mob.
May 12, 2021 · Russell Bufalino organized a meeting of over 100 mobsters. According to Men's Health, Bufalino spent the next few decades working with Barbara, who rose to the top of the Mafia families operating in Pittston, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo, New York in 1940. Barbara then gave Bufalino a promotion, made him an underboss, and sent him to Kingston ...
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Dec 8, 2019 · Bufalino was born in Sicily in 1903, and he immigrated with his family to the United States in 1906. He grew up in Buffalo, New York, and he reportedly turned to street crimes and petty theft when ...
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Oct 11, 2022 · The family traced its origins to the 1880s in the Pittston area of Luzerne County. Rosario Albert Bufalino, Russell’s real name, was born on October 29, 1903 in Sicily, the report says. He ...
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Nov 27, 2019 · Who was Russell Bufalino? Bufalino was born in Sicily in 1902, and as a child moved with his family to America, where they settled in Buffalo, New York. He began committing petty crimes and ...
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