Vito Genovese
(1897-1969)
Italian-American mobster
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Vito Genovese (November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mobster who mainly operated in the United States. Genovese rose to power during Prohibition as an enforcer in the American Mafia. A long-time associate and childhood friend of Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Castellammarese War and helped shape the rise of the Mafia and organized crime in the United States. He would later lead Luciano's crime family, which was renamed the Genovese crime family in his honor.
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Vito 27 November 1897 Rosiglino, Italy
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| Died |
14 February 1969 (aged 71) Federal Prison Medical Centre, Springfield, Missouri
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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