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Vincent Louis Gigante ( / dʒɪˈɡænti / jig-AN-tee, Italian: [dʒiˈɡante]; March 29, 1928 – December 19, 2005), also known as " The Chin ", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fought in 25 matches between 1944 and 1947.
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Dec 19, 2005 · By Selwyn Raab. Dec. 19, 2005. Vincent Gigante, who feigned mental illness for decades to camouflage his position as one of the nation's most influential and dangerous Mafia leaders, died today...
Apr 15, 2022 · Vincent Gigante, The ‘Oddfather’ Mob Boss Who Pretended To Be Crazy. By Carly Silver | Edited By John Kuroski. Published April 15, 2022. Updated May 9, 2024. For nearly 30 years, Genovese crime boss Vincent Gigante pretended to be mentally ill to avoid prison. And it almost worked.
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Dec 20, 2005 · NEW YORK — Mob boss Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, the powerful Mafioso who avoided jail for decades by wandering the streets in a ratty bathrobe and slippers, feigning mental illness, died Monday...
Vincent Louis Gigante, also known as "The Chin", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fought in 25 matches between 1944 and 1947.
Learn about the life and crimes of Vincent Gigante, who claimed to be mentally ill to avoid prosecution for decades as the leader of the Genovese crime syndicate. Find out how he was finally convicted and imprisoned in 2002.
Dec 19, 2005 · The head of the Genovese crime family, who had suffered from heart disease and denied he was a gangster, died in prison in 2005. He was 77 and had a long history of avoiding the law by feigning insanity. He was known as the "Oddfather" for his bizarre behavior and the "last great Mafioso of the century".
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