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Thomas “Three Finger Brown” Luchese. Original Name. Luckese. Birth. 1 Dec 1899. Palermo, Città Metropolitana di Palermo, Sicilia, Italy. Death. 13 Jul 1967 (aged 67) Lido Beach, Nassau County, New York, USA.
Lucchese is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York. Over 1,000 mourners, including politicians, judges, policemen, racketeers, drug pushers , pimps , and hitmen attended the ceremony. Undercover policemen photographed the attendees. [34]
Jul 13, 2017 · Gaetano “Tommy” Lucchese died on July 13, 1967, of a brain tumor. Thomas Lucchese, better known as “Three-Finger Brown,” is shown in 1958 at an unknown location. (AP Photo)
The Lucchese crime family’s exploits at the airport were depicted in the Martin Scorcese film classic Goodfellas. At the end, it wasn’t the street that did in Tommy Lucchese, it was his health. He died of a brain tumor on July 13, 1967, in his own bed at his Long Island estate.
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He died on July 13, 1967. Over 1,000 people attended his funeral, including many high-ranking mobsters who knew that police and FBI surveillance teams would be watching. Tommy Lucchese was so well-respected, nothing would keep them away. Carmine Trumunti succeeded Lucchese as boss, but his term was relatively short and undistinguished.
Thomas Gaetano Lucchese (December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967), sometimes known by the nicknames "Tommy", "Thomas Luckese", "Tommy Brown" or "Tommy Three-Finger ...
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Grave site of Tommy Lucchese at Calvary Cemetery circa 1981 in Woodside, Queens. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images.
