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Joseph ‘Big Joey’ Massino, First Ex-NY Mob-Boss-Turned-Rat, Dead at 80
New York Post ^
| Sep. 22, 2023
| Emily Crane
Posted on 09/22/2023 3:41:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Former Bonanno crime family boss Joseph “Big Joey” Massino — the first head of one of New York’s five mob families to ever turn rat — died earlier this month after battling a short illness, it was revealed Friday. He was 80.
Massino, who ran the Bonanno family with an iron fist from 1991 to 2003, died at a rehab facility in the New York City area on Sept. 14, sources close to his family told Newsday.
The ex-mob boss, who sent shockwaves through the organized crime world when he became a federal witness nearly two decades ago, had been battling a number of health conditions, including diabetes and obesity, in the lead-up to his death, the sources said. Massino broke the sacred vow of silence and began talking with the feds immediately after he was convicted in 2004 for orchestrating a quarter-century’s worth of murder, racketeering and a slew of other crimes as he rose through the ranks of the vicious family.
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/22/2023 3:50:18 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: nickcarraway
I guess his brother Vincenzo couldn't make it to the hearing.
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posted on
09/22/2023 5:06:19 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: nickcarraway
Does the Mafia still exist?
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posted on
09/22/2023 5:07:35 PM PDT
by
peggybac
(My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/22/2023 5:51:35 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: peggybac
I think they’ve been replaced…with Big Govt and cartels.
Look what crime rates have done, since. Crazy, right?
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posted on
09/22/2023 5:56:54 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is tnow fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
To: peggybac
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posted on
09/22/2023 5:57:25 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
To: Chode
Manetta got whacked, instead.
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posted on
09/22/2023 5:57:48 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is tnow fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
To: Jane Long
Sleepin’ with the fishes. LOL
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posted on
09/22/2023 5:59:10 PM PDT
by
dforest
To: Jane Long
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posted on
09/22/2023 6:00:54 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: dforest
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posted on
09/22/2023 6:01:30 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is tnow fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
To: Jane Long
You can’t outmob the RAT party with Bidens and Clintons etc. in it. That Menendez has always been a crook. He got in trouble earlier and nothing happened to him so he has been crookin’ on for years.
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posted on
09/22/2023 6:33:38 PM PDT
by
dforest
To: peggybac
Yes, only now they call themselves the democrat party
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posted on
09/22/2023 8:04:26 PM PDT
by
Bob434
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