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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Salvatore_MaranzanoSalvatore Maranzano - Wikipedia

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   Salvatore Maranzano. Salvatore Maranzano ( Italian: [salvaˈtoːre maranˈtsaːno]; July 31, 1886 – September 10, 1931), nicknamed Little Caesar, [1] was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City.

   • Cause of death: Stab wounds and gunshots
   • Occupation: Crime boss

   • Other names: Little Caesar, The Boss of Bosses

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Salvatore-MaranzanoSalvatore Maranzano | Biography, Death, Mafia, Five Families ...

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   Mar 25, 2024 · Salvatore Maranzano (born 1868, Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy—died September 10, 1931, New York, New York, U.S.) was an American gangster of the Prohibition era and leader among the old-country-oriented Italians, known as “Moustache Petes,” many of whom were former members of the Sicilian Mafia and Neapolitan Camorra.

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4. themobmuseum.org › blog › the-fall-of-salvatoreThe fall of Salvatore Maranzano, and the rise of the new Mafia

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   Sep 12, 2023 · Learn how Salvatore Maranzano, a Sicilian Mafia boss, was killed by his rivals in 1931 in a plot orchestrated by Lucky Luciano and other young turks. Explore the background, the motives, the methods and the aftermath of this pivotal event in American organized crime history.

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6. allthatsinteresting.com › salvatore-maranzanoSalvatore Maranzano: The Man Who Created The American Mafia

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   Mar 3, 2018 · Learn how Salvatore Maranzano, also known as "Little Caesar", became the boss of all bosses in the New York underworld and organized the Five Families of La Cosa Nostra. Discover how he was betrayed and killed by his former ally Charles Luciano in 1931.

7. www.grunge.com › 1355877The 1931 Assassination Of Mob Boss Salvatore Maranzano

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   Aug 5, 2023 · Learn about the life and death of Salvatore Maranzano, a Sicilian immigrant who rose to power in the American Mafia and sparked a bloody conflict with Joe Masseria. Discover how he was betrayed and killed by his former ally Lucky Luciano in 1931.

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   Did Salvatore Maranzano dream of becoming a mafioso?

   • Salvatore Maranzano didn’t dream of becoming a Mafioso — let alone the head of the most powerful crime organization in America and the man who formed the American Mafia as we know it — back when he was a small boy in Sicily. No, he apparently dreamt of joining a much older order of brothers: the Catholic priesthood.

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   Where did Salvatore Maranzano live?

   • Salvatore Maranzano emigrated from the Castellamare del Golfo region of Sicily, settling first in Buffalo, New York, sometime around 1925. He had already been aligned with other Castellammarese Mafiosi living in New York and had every intention of expanding his own power over the Mafia-controlled rackets.

   The fall of Salvatore Maranzano, and the rise of the new Mafia

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   What happened to Salvatore Maranzano?

   • On September 10, 1931, the gunmen arrived in Maranzano's office and, after Lucchese singled the boss out, shot and knifed him to death. There might be no verifiable photographs of Salvatore Maranzano, but his influence on American Mafia was massive. Here's how it all ended for him.

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   Who was Salvatore Maranzano?

   • Salvatore Maranzano was the youngest of 12 children born to Domenico Maranzano and Antonina Pisciotta. Five of his siblings lived to adulthood: Mariano, Angelo, Nicolo, Giuseppe, and Angela. As a youngster, Maranzano had wanted to become a priest and even studied to become one, but later became associated with the Mafia in his homeland.

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Five_FamiliesFive Families - Wikipedia

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   In 1931, the five families were organized by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the Castellammarese War . Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City into the Maranzano, Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and Gagliano families, which are now known as the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese families.

10. mafiahistory.org › gangsters › salvatore-maranzanoGangsters | Salvatore Maranzano

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    Salvatore Maranzano was a prominent Italian-American gangster during the Prohibition era of American history. Maranzano was a unique gangster in that he held one of the highest titles in all the mafia, even for a short period of time. Maranzano was elected "capi de tutti capi" or boss of bosses for a brief period in 1931 before being murdered ...