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Carmine Galante (Italian: [ˈkarmine ɡaˈlante]; February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was an American Mafioso who was acting boss (unofficial) of the Bonanno crime family of New York City. Galante was rarely seen without a cigar hanging from his mouth, leading to the nickname " The Cigar " and " Lilo " (a Sicilian term for cigar).
Jan 2, 2022 · Carmine Galante had a mental age of 14 and an IQ of 90 — and yet he ruled the Mafia's narcotics trade until his brutal assassination.
Jul 23, 2020 · Galante, Turano, and Coppola were killed instantly, but the bodyguards, who didn’t interfere, were left unharmed. Carmine Galante passed away with a cigar in his mouth, dying from multiple gunshot wounds, 84 to be exact.
Jul 12, 2019 · Carmine Galante was shot dead, along with two other men, at Joe & Mary’s Italian-American Restaurant in Brooklyn on July 12, 1979. The death of the Mob boss exacerbated divisions within the Bonanno crime family that festered for years afterward.
Dec 7, 2022 · As a member of the New York Bonanno crime family, Carmine Galante was a ruthless killer who performed cold-blooded murders on behalf of the mafia. Rising swiftly through the ranks, Galante soon orchestrated a take-over.
Oct 9, 1986 · A jury heard dramatic testimony yesterday from the son and daughter of the owner of the Brooklyn restaurant where Carmine Galante, the boss of the Bonanno crime family, was shot to death in...
Jul 13, 1979 · Carmine Galante, the reputed organized‐crime leader, was slain in a barrage of gunfire and shotgun blasts in an apparent underworld execution yesterday afternoon as he dined on the patio of a...
Carmine Galante ( Italian: [ ˈkarmine ɡaˈlante]; February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was an American Mafioso who was acting boss (unofficial) of the Bonanno crime family of New York City.
Jul 13, 1979 · Baldish, bespectacled and with a bent walk, Carmine Galante hardly resembled the popular image of a powerful underworld figure.
Apr 9, 2023 · His story is told in “The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror” by Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson. And even by gangland standards, it’s an ugly one. “Galante once shot a kid, a little girl,” the authors write.
