[OldSmaj]

...different aspects present in a single personality...a gangster on one hand, and a doting father on the other.

And the gangster won out over the doting father.

If I recall correctly, this is the mafioso that had a son that was accidently killed after he ran or skated into traffic and was hit by a car, supposedly totally unavoidable, and as a result, devastated the driver of the car, who was a doting father himself, and devastated Gotti and his wife.

But Gotti couldn't keep the gangster persona down; he is alleged to have put out a contract on the driver of the car that killed his son and he was later murdered.

I'm sure that made them all feel better.

This guy deserves no admiration or respect from anyone. He was a ruthless, brutal killer.

[laconic]

Yes, Gotti did one good thing in his life and it wasn't good he intended: he wiped out about half of the Gambino crime family of mobsters, thieves, murderers, pimps and mountebanks, meaning they didn't have to be pursued and tried by the federal authorities. I doubt he'll rest in peace.