Gregory Scarpa

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American mobster (1928-1994)

United StatesLived 1928 to 1994 · aged 66

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, nicknamed the Grim Reaper and the Mad Hatter, was an American caporegime (captain) and hitman for the Colombo crime family of New York City, as well as an informant for the FBI. During the 1970s and 1980s, Scarpa was the chief enforcer and veteran hitman for Colombo boss Carmine Persico.

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Gregory Scarpa Sr., nicknamed the Grim Reaper and the Mad Hatter, was an American caporegime (captain) and hitman for the Colombo crime family of New York City, as well as an informant for the FBI. During the 1970s and 1980s, Scarpa was the chief enforcer and veteran hitman for Colombo boss Carmine Persico. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for three murders in 1993 and died the following year.

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Lived 1928 to 1994 · aged 66

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