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Aug 14, 2015 · Giovanni Riggi (February 1, 1925 – August 3, 2015), aka John the Eagle, died on Monday of natural causes. He was 90 and outlived what law enforcement officials no doubt considered a life sentence.
Aug 6, 2015 · John M. Riggi—the crime boss who headed the Jersey-based DeCavalcante crime family for decades, controlling a powerful labor union that helped funnel millions into mob coffers—has died at the age of 90.
The wife, Mary DeCavalcante, remained remarkable restrained when a reporter showed up at her home in Princeton Township. She opened the front door and spoke over the yapping of her schnauzer.
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Sep 13, 2021 · As per Gang Land News sources, the family’s boss during Operation Charlie Horse, John Riggi, who assumed control of the family decades earlier after Sam (The Plumber) DeCavalcante chose him as his successor, infuriated many when he inducted Oliveri into the family.
Aug 8, 2015 · John “The Eagle” Riggi was a mobster, the former leader of the notorious DeCavalcante crime family. For more than 20 years he was responsible for heading up a group involved in murder ...
He was an in-law by marriage to Nicholas Delmore, the former head of the New Jersey crime family, whose nephew was Simone DeCavalcante, also a New Jersey mob boss whose daughter he married. Palermo has five sisters, including Claire and Nancy, and two brothers.
Aug 5, 2015 · The New Jersey Mob boss thought to have been the inspiration for the fictional Tony Soprano has died at the age of 90. John Riggi was the leader of the DeCavalcante crime family for more than...
