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Albert Anastasia

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Italian-American Costa Nostra mobster

United StatesLived 1902 to 1957 · aged 55
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Umberto "Albert" Anastasia was an Italian-American mobster, hitman and crime boss. One of the founders of the modern American Mafia, and a co-founder and later boss of the Murder, Inc. organization, Anastasia eventually rose to the position of boss in what became the modern Gambino crime family.

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Mugshot of Anastasia in 1936Mugshot of Anastasia in 1936Albert Anastasia (left) leaves Federal District Court with his attorney, Anthony Colendra. May 23, 1955.Albert Anastasia (left) leaves Federal District Court with his attorney, Anthony Colendra. May 23, 1955.

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Umberto "Albert" Anastasia was an Italian-American mobster, hitman and crime boss. One of the founders of the modern American Mafia, and a co-founder and later boss of the Murder, Inc. organization, Anastasia eventually rose to the position of boss in what became the modern Gambino crime family. He also controlled New York City's waterfront for most of his criminal career, mainly through dockworker unions. Anastasia was murdered on October 25, 1957, on the orders of Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino; Gambino subsequently became the boss of the family.

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United States
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Lived 1902 to 1957 · aged 55
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