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Infamous Philly Mob Boss “Little Nicky” Scarfo Dies At Age 87
CBS News(Philly) ^
| 01/15/2017
| Molly Daly
Posted on 01/15/2017 12:42:29 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
Notorious former Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo Little Nicky Scarfo has died in a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina. He was 87.
A family attorney confirmed to CBS Philly on Sunday that Scarfo passed away Friday at the Butner Federal Prison.
Scarfo, who had been banished from Atlantic City, became head of the Philadelphia crime family in 1981 after the murders of Angelo Bruno and Phil Chicken Man Testa.
(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: crime; cultureofcorruption; eastcoastpolitics; littlenicky; murder; nicodemoscarfo; organizedcrime; organizedlabor
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To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
01/15/2017 12:49:40 PM PST
by
null and void
(Roses are red, soylent is green. Get to the shelter, it's 2017)
To: Kid Shelleen
And why this a news of any importance?
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posted on
01/15/2017 12:51:26 PM PST
by
exinnj
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
01/15/2017 1:07:35 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Election 2016. The Battle of Midway for The Democrat Party.)
To: exinnj
He was one of the most vicious mob bosses..ever.
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posted on
01/15/2017 1:10:09 PM PST
by
Dog
(..."I'm just a cook....")
To: exinnj
And why this a news of any importance?It may not be of any importance, but it is certainly of interest, especially to those of us who have followed (or lived through) the history of the La Cosa Nostra.
You obviously don't share that interest. But for those who do, there is an excellent series of 45-minute documentaries on YouTube called "Inside the American Mob."
One of those videos that I find of particular interest is entitled: "Taking Down the Mob" which tells about how then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani led the charge on taking down the Mafia "Commission" of family bosseds back in the early 1980s. An older Guiliani is featured prominently on this video talking about that experience.
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posted on
01/15/2017 1:12:17 PM PST
by
Maceman
(Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
To: exinnj
There are lots of fascinating sub plots.
Scarfo's construction company controlled AC construction and many corrupt politicians from New York to Philadelphia. Entertainment types like Bruce Springsteen and society in general are intrigued with celebrity gangsters.
Some may find it interesting as a human interest story about how evil can destroy a family or some people like myself find it interesting as a case study FOR the death penalty.
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posted on
01/15/2017 1:15:35 PM PST
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Dog
I wonder how many people / victims will piss on his grave.
5.56mm
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posted on
01/15/2017 1:17:08 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: Dog
CORRECT.. he is the poster boy FOR the death penalty, a cold blooded psychopath who admitted he enjoyed murdering people and a far cry from the way Hollywood portrays mob bosses.
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posted on
01/15/2017 1:18:56 PM PST
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: exinnj
He was and enforcer/tool of the Democrat Party/unions for decades.Democrats, unions, and mafiosi are inseparable....
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posted on
01/15/2017 1:19:22 PM PST
by
donozark
(Gerard Depardieu wears DEPENDS. Not because he has to, but because he wants to.)
To: NFHale
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
01/15/2017 1:24:19 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
To: Maceman
Good answer, it’s of obvious interest. Some weird stuff comes from that FR handle.
To: Kid Shelleen
Nicodemo Scarfo was a nasty piece of work, even for the mafia. There is an episode of “Mobsters” that tells his story.
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posted on
01/15/2017 1:57:06 PM PST
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: Maceman
I love history in general.
Will have to look that series up.
Can’t say I ever heard of this guy.
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posted on
01/15/2017 3:03:25 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: Kid Shelleen
“I wish that motherfucker was alive so I could kill him again.” - Salvatore Testa on Frank Narducci.
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posted on
01/15/2017 3:10:29 PM PST
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: heterosupremacist
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posted on
01/15/2017 3:11:56 PM PST
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: Kid Shelleen
I lived in Philly during all that. Very entertaining. One of the more interesting events occurred after Scarfo went to prison. A hit was made on his son in a south Philly restaurant. The assaillant entered the restaurant and opened fire with an Uzi at Scarfo, who had just started eating. Junior was hit
nine times in the neck and upper chest. The bullets missed every major organ in his body and he survived.
I'm thinking the hitman didn't last long after that blunder.
To: wally_bert
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posted on
01/15/2017 3:40:30 PM PST
by
Maceman
(Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
To: Maceman
Thanks Maceman.
I’ll get around to watching it.
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posted on
01/15/2017 6:21:39 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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