Paul Castellano
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Costantino P. Castellano | |
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FBI mugshot, March 30, 1984
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Born | June 26, 1915 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 16, 1985 (aged 70) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
Cause of death | Multiple gunshot wounds |
Resting place | Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island |
Residence | 177 Benedict Road, Staten Island, NY[1] |
Nationality | American |
Other names | "The Howard Hughes of the Mob", "Big Paul", "PC", "The Pope", "The Chicken Man" |
Ethnicity | Italian American |
Citizenship | American |
Occupation | Crime boss, mobster,businessman, wholesale meat merchant, New York City construction tycoon |
Known for | Boss of the Gambino crime family |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Spouse(s) | Nina Manno (1937–1985) |
Children | Paul, Philip, Joseph, Constance |
Relatives | Richard S. Castellano (nephew) Kerri, Paul, Vito, Ronald, Ritchie, Carmine (grandchildren)[2] |
Costantino Paul "Big Paul" Castellano (Italian pronunciation: [kastelano]; June 26, 1915 – December 16, 1985), also known as "TheHoward Hughes of the Mob" and "Big Paulie" (or "PC" to his family), succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime familyin New York, the nation's largest Cosa Nostra family at the time. The unsanctioned assassination of Castellano in 1985 by John Gottisparked years of animosity between the Gambinos and the other New York crime families.
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