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Thomas Gaetano Lucchese (born Gaetano Lucchese; Italian: [ɡaeˈtaːno lukˈkeːse]; December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967), sometimes known by the nicknames "Tommy", "Thomas Luckese", "Tommy Brown" or "Tommy Three-Finger Brown", was an Italian-American gangster and founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the Cosa Nostra ...
One of the “founding fathers” of the American Mafia, Tommy Lucchese was a well-connected and widely respected godfather whose name today remains on the marquee of one of New York’s Five Families.
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Jul 13, 2017 · The public got to know him as “Three Finger Brown,” but you’d never say it to his face. 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)
By Thomas Hunt. Note: An earlier Lucchese biography, written in 2007, was replaced with this article in 2022. A n East Harlem, New York, street gangster early in his life, Gaetano "Thomas" Lucchese used a flair for business, a knack for cultivating useful friendships and a talent for timely betrayal in his climb to the leadership of a New York ...
The next boss was Tommy Lucchese, who had served as Gagliano's underboss for over 20 years. Lucchese led the family to become one of the most powerful families to sit on the Commission. Lucchese teamed up with Gambino crime family boss Carlo Gambino to control organized crime in New York City.
Dec 20, 2020 · Thomas Gaetano Lucchese, born Gaetano Lucchese; Italian; December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967, was an Italian-American gangster in East Harlem, NY. He was a founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the Cosa Nostra in Sicily. From 1951 until 1967, he was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of the Five Families that ...
The Lucchese family originally bore the name Gagliano for Thomas (“Tommy”) Gagliano, who was named the boss of one of the Five Families. Gagliano had been the underboss (second in command) of the crime family led by Gaetano (“Tommy”) Reina, a casualty of the Castellammarese War, murdered by Vito Genovese , who would go on to control ...
