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    Salvatore Maranzano (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre maranˈtsaːno]; July 31, 1886 – September 10, 1931), nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster...
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  • American Mafia between partisans of Joe "The Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano that took place in New York City, New York, from February 26, 1930...
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    Commission in 1931, after he abolished the boss of bosses title held by Salvatore Maranzano following the Castellammarese War. He was also the first official...
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    the five families were organized by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the Castellammarese War. Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs...
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  • known as the Maranzano crime family until its founder Salvatore Maranzano was murdered in 1931. Joseph Bonanno was awarded most of Maranzano's operations...
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    fishing boat bound for Tampa, Florida. After the Castellammarese War, Salvatore Maranzano was murdered in 1931, Bonanno reorganized most of the crime family...
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    Charles "Lucky" Luciano, in an agreement with rival faction head Salvatore Maranzano. Giuseppe Masseria was born on January 17, 1886, in Menfi, Province...
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  • between the Castellamarese faction, led by traditional mob boss Salvatore Maranzano, and rival Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. The two sides would...
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    Castellammarese War broke out between Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano. In a secret deal with Maranzano, Luciano agreed to engineer the death of his boss...
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    most prominent members were Joe "the Boss" Masseria (1886–1931) and Salvatore Maranzano (1886–1931). Many of them maintained connections with the Sicilian...
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  • Frank Costello), and Ciro Terranova begins secretly negotiating with Salvatore Maranzano to persuade him to declare independence from Joe Masseria. Brooklyn...
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  • slayings of Jack "Legs" Diamond, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, and mob boss Salvatore Maranzano. In 1933, Schultz was indicted for tax evasion. Rather than face...
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  • War, following the assassinations of "Joe the Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci became recognized as the Profaci...
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  • City. In 1930, the Castellammarese War started between Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, the new leader of Cola Schirò's Castellammarese gang, for control...
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    "the Boss" Masseria, the most powerful mobster in New York, and Salvatore Maranzano, head of the Castellammarese Sicilian clan. Masseria had demanded...
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  • Sicilian-American mafioso Salvatore Maceo (1894–1951), Sicilian-American Mafioso Salvatore Maranzano (1886–1931), Sicilian-American Mafioso Salvatore Massaro (Eddie...
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  • the title of capo di tutti i capi ("boss of all bosses"), held by Salvatore Maranzano before his murder, with a ruling committee that consists of the bosses...
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  • (1940–2000) Francesco Marino Mannoia Cesare Manzella (1897–1963) Salvatore Maranzano (1886–1931) Filippo Marchese (1938–1983) Giuseppe Marchese Joe Masseria...
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  • Castellammarese War began as Masseria fought with rival Sicilian boss Salvatore Maranzano. At this point, Masseria started demanding a share of Reina's criminal...
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    Sicilian-American Mafia figures, including Sebastiano DiGaetano, Salvatore Maranzano, Stefano Magaddino, Vito Bonventre, John Tartamella, and Joseph Bonanno...
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  • common folk who look up to him. In the episode, Nucky meets with Salvatore Maranzano in New York City, while Van Alden and Eli are targeted by Federal...
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  • murder of Masseria, Torrio arranges a meeting between Nucky and Salvatore Maranzano. Maranzano claims that Nucky is not a problem for him, while Luciano denies...
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    others say that Profaci was firmly aligned with Castellammarese boss Salvatore Maranzano. When the war finally ended in 1931, top mobster Charles "Lucky"...
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  • the most powerful crime family in New York City after defeating Salvatore Maranzano during the Olive Oil War in the early 1930s. It was during this time...
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  • Bugsy Siegel Ian Hart as young Ethan Thompson Giampiero Judica as Salvatore Maranzano Maya Kazan as Mabel Jeffries Matt Letscher as Joe Kennedy Greg Antonacci...
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    Masseria's struggle with rival gangster Salvatore Maranzano, often referred to as the Castellammarese War. Maranzano acquired the title after he proved victorious...
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  • ("boss of all bosses"). The last official boss of all bosses had been Salvatore Maranzano, who was murdered in September 1931. By the end of 1931, Luciano...
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  • organization. By the late 1920s, Masseria's main rival was boss Salvatore Maranzano, who had come from Sicily to run the Castellammarese clan. Their...
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    during the mid-1920s, soon joining the Schiro gang as a protege of Salvatore Maranzano. In his autobiography, Bonanno writes he thought Schiro was "a compliant...
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    of Salvatore Maranzano. Luciano had received word that Maranzano was planning to kill him and Genovese, and prepared a hit team to kill Maranzano first...
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