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Bonanno was leader of New York crime family
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Bonanno was leader of New York crime family
Associated Press
Sunday, May 12, 2002
Tucson, Ariz. -- Joseph Bonanno, the notorious gangster who ran
one of the most powerful Mafia groups in the 1950s and '60s, has
died. He was 97.
Bonanno, who retired to Arizona in 1968, died Saturday of heart
failure, said his attorney, Alfred "Skip" Donau.
At the height of his power, Bonanno directed one of the five
original crime families in New York City. The public knew him...
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