February 21, 1910 - Carmine Galante

Carmine Galante (Italian: [ˈkarmine ɡaˈlante]; February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was an American mafioso who was de facto boss of the Bonanno crime family of New York City. Law enforcement have accused Galante of participating in between 80 and 100 murders, with an extensive arrest record dating back to 1926 for murder, assault, robbery, grand larceny, alcohol tax violation and narcotics.

In 1958 and 1960, Galante was indicted for drug trafficking. In 1962 he was sentenced to twenty years in prison and was paroled in 1974. Galante was rarely seen without a cigar hanging from his mouth, leading to the nickname "The Cigar" and "Lilo", named after the Italian slang word for "a stubby little cigar".

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