Luciano Biography

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15.7 He had skimmed dough from the building budget provided by the delegates and if the casino was a flop, Bugsy was dead (Gosch, 1975).
15.8 Luciano was forced to leave Cuba and return to Italy (Gosch, 1975).
16. Luciano slowly lost his grip on his leadership position after his deportation.
16.1 In 1957, Vito Genovese took over in the United States and gave his name to the
Luciano crime family (A+E Networks, 2009).
16.2 In the same year, Luciano called a meeting in Palermo between Italian and
American mafiosi (A+E Networks, 2009).
16.3 They were planning a new push to sell narcotics in both white and black, blue-collar communities (A+E Networks, 2009).
16.4 The Italian gangs, lacking American …show more content…

19.9 Just as the ambulance pulled in, Luciano shuddered and his gasping stopped; his eyes opened, staring at nothing (Gosch, 1975). 19.10 It was 5:26 on February 26, 1962, and Charles “Lucky” Luciano was dead.
20. The end had been sudden and unexpected.
20.1 Three days later, those who could gathered at the Holy Trinity Church in Naples to celebrate the requiem mass for Luciano (Gosch, 1975). 20.2 Friends from the world of respectability and friends who had labored close to him in the good old days in New York and of exile in Italy alike gathered (Gosch, 1975). 20.3 Joe Adonis paid a final tribute to his old friend with a massive floral wreath adorned with a black band on which was the ancient gangland farewell: “So Long, Pal” (Gosch,
1975).
20.4 Pat Eboli remained a few days more to help with the disposal of Luciano’s goods
(Gosch, 1975). 20.5 Of his family, only Bartolo, his brother, made the trip to Naples (Gosch, 1975). 20.6 Of his friends, associates, comrades, and followers in the American underworld, not one appeared (Gosch, 1975).
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20.7 Lansky sent flowers; as did many others (Gosch,

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