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4 unusual facts about Carmine Galante


Carmine Galante

Also sitting at the table were Galante's Sicilian bodyguards, Baldassare Amato and Cesare Bonventre.

The HBO show The Sopranos refers to Galante's assassination in the episode "A Hit Is a Hit".

Mobster Lefty Ruggiero points to the story and says, "Can you believe it? The f*ckin' boss gets whacked!"

Galante

Carmine Galante (1910-1979), a member of the Bonanno crime family


Philip Rastelli

After moving to Greenpoint, Brooklyn where he lived until his incarceration, he met and became close friends with Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano, Carmine Galante, Joseph Bonanno and Joseph Massino.


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Cesare Bonventre

In 1979 Cesare and Baldassare were arrested for carrying illegal firearms in their car after being stopped by police at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, New York shortly before the execution of Carmine Galante.

Middle Village, Queens

St. John's Cemetery, Queens, a cemetery located in Middle Village, holds many famed mobsters, including John Gotti, Lucky Luciano, Joe Gallo, Carlo Gambino, Joseph Profaci, Joe Colombo, Vito Genovese and Carmine Galante.