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Constantino Paul Castellano ( Italian: [kastelˈlaːno]; June 26, 1915 – December 16, 1985) was an American crime boss who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family of New York City. Castellano ran the organization from 1976 until his murder on December 16, 1985.
Jun 22, 2024 · Paul Castellano, American organized crime figure, reputedly the ‘boss of bosses’ of the Five Families of New York’s La Cosa Nostra.
Sep 26, 2021 · The head of the Gambino family, Paul Castellano was killed outside Sparks Steak House in Manhattan on John Gotti's orders on December 16, 1985. By the mid-1980s, a war was brewing within the Gambino crime family between Paul Castellano and John Gotti.
Mar 15, 2019 · Just before 5:30 on a December evening in 1985, mob boss Paul Castellano stepped out of a limo in front of Sparks Steakhouse in midtown Manhattan and was shot to death. The four assassins who...
Dec 16, 2019 · On Dec. 16, 1985, Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano was shot and killed outside Sparks Steak House in Manhattan. His brazen murder dominated headlines, and led to the rise of the Teflon...
Oct 23, 2023 · The last straw for John Gotti was apparently Castellano’s failure to attend the wake of the underboss of the family, Aniello “Neil” Dellacroce, and his hints about breaking up Gotti’s crew in early December. Thus, the latter started conspiring to kill him.
Dec 18, 1985 · In his highly stylized death, Paul C. Castellano finally played out the popular expectations about a man who, law-enforcement officials said, was the boss of America's most powerful crime...
