Thanks for joining us this summer as we revisited some of the 200,000 memorable lives featured in The New York Times’s archive. Read the obituary “John Gotti Dies in Prison at 61 Mafia Boss Relished the Spotlight”
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His children starred on the reality TV series “ Growing Up Gotti,” which appeared on A&E in 2004-5. Yearning for the spotlight ran in the family. On April 2, 1992, Gotti was convicted on 13 counts, among them a racketeering charge that cited him for five murders and other murder charges, conspiracy, gambling, obstruction of justice and tax fraud. “If he spotted detectives on stakeouts, he was known to taunt them by rubbing one index finger against another and mouthing the words: ‘Naughty, naughty.’”Ĭharges finally stuck after Salvatore Gravano, better known as Sammy the Bull, turned on Gotti in court, detailing Gotti’s involvement in mob hits and other criminal enterprises. Gotti became organized crime’s most significant symbol of resistance to law enforcement since Al Capone in Chicago 60 years earlier,” the obituary said. He knew his every move was being scrutinized but never let his observers feel that they had the upper hand.
He bragged that he was inspired by Albert Anastasia, the founder of the syndicate Murder Incorporated, and that his management style was derived from Niccolò Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” which he said he read as a child. “In tabloid argot, he was the Teflon Don, evading successful prosecution, or the Dapper Don, for his smart appearance,” Mr. He cut a dashing figure, draped in expensive double-breasted suits that might as well have been suits of armor, as far as prosecutors were concerned. He went on to make flagrant power moves, courting the press all the while. Gotti took control of the Gambino family after engineering the assassination of his predecessor, Paul Castellano, in 1985. Gotti died on June 10, 2002, in a federal prison in Springfield, Mo., his home for the past decade. Mouw was quoted in Gotti’s obituary, written by Selwyn Raab, who covered organized crime for The Times for years. “He never tried to hide the fact that he was a superboss.” agent who helped find the evidence that led to Gotti’s conviction. He was a publicity hound long before social media and smartphones made oversharing ubiquitous. But John Gotti, the longtime boss of the Gambino crime family, preferred the spotlight. A life of crime is usually lived in the shadows.
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