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Gaetano Badalamenti (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno badalaˈmenti]; 14 September 1923 – 29 April 2004) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. Don Tano Badalamenti was the capofamiglia of his hometown Cinisi, Sicily, and headed the Sicilian Mafia Commission in the 1970s. In 1987, he was sentenced in the United States to 45 years in ...
Brief Life History of Gaetano. When Gaetano Badalamenti was born on 14 September 1923, in Cinisi, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, his father, Vito Badalamenti, was 46 and his mother, Giuseppa Spitaleri, was 44. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 29 April 2004, in Ayer, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80.
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Gaetano "Don Tano" Badalamenti (14 September 1923–29 April 2004) was the Mafia boss of Cinisi from 1963 to 1978, succeeding Cesare Manzella and preceding Antonino Badalamenti. He was the mastermind behind the "Pizza Connection" heroin network as well as the head of the Commission. He was imprisoned in the United States for narcotics trafficking in ...
Badalamenti was born on 14 September 1923 to an Italian family in Cinisi, Sicily. The son of dairy farmers, he attended school for only four years before going to work on the fields at age 10 and being drafted into the Army in 1941; he deserted during the invasion of Sicily in 1943, and afterwards returned to his hometown to get involved in crimina...
May 1, 2004 · Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed prison official as saying he died of a heart attack at a US federal medical centre in Devens, Massachusetts, on Thursday evening. Born in the village of Cinisi near Palermo in 1923, Gaetano Badalamenti became a key figure in the Sicilian Cosa Nostra in the 1970s. Known as "Don Tano", he was part of the so ...
The key defendant is Gaetano Badalamenti, sixty-two. He has vigorously denied dealing drugs. He said, Drugs are bad for business. The money was never worth the risk. Only greedy pigs touched drugs. Not men of honor. (S.Alexander, 1988) Gaetano Don Tanino Badalamenti was born in 1923 in the village of Cinisi, Sicily.
Gaetano Badalamenti, soprannominato don Tano (Cinisi, 14 settembre 1923 – Ayer, 29 aprile 2004), è stato un mafioso italiano, legato a Cosa nostra. Fu il capo della cosca mafiosa di Cinisi in provincia di Palermo e ha diretto la "Commissione" dal 1974 al 1978.
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Gaetano Badalamenti. Don Tano, the Boss of Bosses. Birthplace: Cinisi, Italy Location of death: Ayer, MA Cause of death: Heart Failure. Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic. Military service: Italian Army (infantry, WWII) [1] Devens Federal Medical Center, Ayer, MA Son: Vito Badalamenti Drug Smuggling Convicted 1987, sentenced to 47 years Murder ...
- September 14, 1923
- April 29, 2004