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Giovanni (John) Gambino (August 22, 1940 - November 16, 2017) was an Italian-born American mobster. Born in Palermo, Sicily, he became a made member of the Gambino crime family in 1975 and a capodecina or captain, and head of the crime family's Sicilian faction, appointed by family boss John Gotti in 1986, according to Mafia turncoat Sammy Gravano. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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August 22, 1940
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Palermo, Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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2017 |
November 16, 2017
Age 77
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New York City, New York, United States
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