By-name of
Charles Luciano,
original name
SALVATORE LUCANIA, the most powerful chief of American organized crime in the
early 1930s and a major influence even from prison, 1936-45, and after
deportation to Italy in 1946.
In 1942 Luciano gave the orders from his prison cell to
stop US sabotage on the docks and it ended. In 1946 his sentence was commuted
and he was deported to Italy, where he settled in Rome. In 1947 he moved to
Cuba, and ran a gambling and drug syndicate from the small island nation.
The Cuban regime eventually to deported him and he ended up in Naples, Italy.
He died of a heart attack in Naples in 1962 and was buried in St. John's
Cathedral Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
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TIME
100: Builders & Titans - Lucky Luciano
... Criminal Mastermind Lucky Luciano. He downsized, he restructured and he used
Standard
& Poor's as much as Smith & Wesson to change forever the face of
organized ...
Charlie
Lucky Luciano
... was left for dead on Staten Island beach. Luciano actually survived the
attack and
afterwards was always known as Lucky Luciano. In April 1931, Luciano and two ...
Real Hoods |
Salvatore "Lucky Luciano" Lucania
... Lucky Luciano is considered the architect of modern organized crime. In the
bloody
aftermath of the Castellammarese War of 1928-1931, the rigid, old-school ...
Lucky Luciano's Death
... 27 [1962] - Police from the United States, Spain and Italy today pressed
investigations
into the sudden death of Lucky Luciano at Naples airport last evening. ...
Luciano,
Lucky
Luciano, Lucky. ... To cite this page: "Luciano, Lucky" Britannica
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Grave of Salvatore
Lucania Lucky Luciano
... Salvatore Lucania Lucky Luciano. b. November 24, 1897. d. January 26, 1962.
Mafia
Figure. Died of a heart attack at the Naples, Italy airport. Saint John's ...
