Search results
Thomas Gagliano (born Tommaso Gagliano; Italian: [tomˈmaːzo gaʎˈʎaːno]; May 29, 1883 − February 16, 1951) was an Italian-born American mobster and boss of what U.S. federal authorities would later designate as the Lucchese crime family, one of the "Five Families" of New York City. He was a low-profile boss for over two decades.
Jul 8, 2013 · Tommaso “Tommy” Gagliano was an early leader of the Lucchese crime family in New York City, a low-key don who believed in secrets and knew how to keep them. Little is known about his reign at the top of one of the nation’s most powerful criminal organizations, and that’s exactly the way he would have wanted it.
Thomas Gaetano Lucchese (born Gaetano Lucchese; Italian: [ɡaeˈtaːno lukˈkeːse]; December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967), sometimes known by the nicknames "Tommy", "Thomas Luckese", "Tommy Brown" or "Tommy Three-Finger Brown", was an Italian-American gangster and founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the Cosa Nostra ...
It was taken over by Tommy Gagliano during the Castellammarese War, and led by him until his death in 1951. Known as the Gagliano crime family under Gagliano, the family kept their activities low-key, with their efforts concentrated in the Bronx, Manhattan, and New Jersey.
Jan 11, 2016 · The Lucchese family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano “Tommy” Reina serving as the first Boss until his death in 1930. Reina’s murder was one of the first major deaths to take place during the two year war for control of the La Cosa Nostra rackets nationwide.
Jul 13, 2017 · Compared with those of his colleagues, Lucchese’s Mafia family wasn’t the biggest, nor was his reign the longest (14 years as actual boss, 22 years as underboss to the family’s original boss – Tommaso “Tommy” Gagliano). Still, he cemented a prominent spot in the annals of gangland history.
People also ask
Who was Thomas Gagliano?
Who is Frank Gagliano?
Where did Tom Gagliano live?
What does Gaetano Gagliano mean?
The Lucchese family originally bore the name Gagliano for Thomas (“Tommy”) Gagliano, who was named the boss of one of the Five Families. Gagliano had been the underboss (second in command) of the crime family led by Gaetano (“Tommy”) Reina, a casualty of the Castellammarese War, murdered by Vito Genovese , who would go on to control ...
