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John Gotti
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Joseph Gotti, Jr., John Gotti, Sr., The Dapper Don, Metah, Dapper Don, Teflon Don
American crime boss (1940–2002)
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John Gotti was a male artist from the United States associated with the hip hop genre. Born on October 27, 1940, he died on June 10, 2002. His height was recorded as 178.
As an author, Gotti is credited with two works, including *Shadow of My Father* and *The Gotti tapes*. A separate record indicates a total of five works. His musical activity has been tracked with 121 listeners and a playcount of 757. The subject is referenced by 439 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- John Joseph Gotti Jr. , ( 1940-10-27 ) October 27, 1940, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- June 10, 2002 (2002-06-10) (aged 61), MCFP Springfield , Springfield, Missouri , U.S.
- Resting place
- St. John Cemetery
- Other names
- The Teflon Don The Dapper Don Johnny Boy The Chief
- Occupation
- Crime boss
- Predecessor
- Paul Castellano
- Successor
- Peter Gotti
- Criminal status
- Deceased
- Spouse
- Victoria DiGiorgio ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 )
- Children
- 5, including John and Victoria
- Relatives
- Peter Gotti (brother) Richard V. Gotti (brother) Gene Gotti (brother) Vincent Gotti (brother) Richard G. Gotti (nephew) Carmine Agnello (son-in-law)
- Allegiance
- Gambino crime family
- Convictions
- Hijacking (1968), Attempted manslaughter (1975), Murder, conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, racketeering, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, tax evasion (1992)
- Criminal penalty
- Three years' imprisonment, Four years' imprisonment; served two years, Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and fined $250,000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Springfield
- Child
- John A. Gotti
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- John Gotti FBI booking (cropped) 2.jpg
- Height
- 178
- Convicted of
- tax noncompliance
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- Commons category
- John Gotti
- date of birth
- 1940-10-27
- date of death
- 2002-06-10
- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- nickname
- Crazy Horse
- birth name
- John Joseph Gotti, Jr.
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- John Joseph Gotti, Jr
- penalty
- life imprisonment
- member of
- Gambino crime family
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Encyclopedic overview
John Joseph Gotti Jr. (/ˈɡɒti/ GOT-ee, Italian: [ˈɡɔtti]; October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002) was an American mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter, leading what was described as the most powerful crime syndicate in the United States.
Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age. Gotti quickly became one of the Gambino family's biggest earners and a protégé of Aniello Dellacroce, the family's underboss, operating out of Ozone Park, Queens. Following the FBI's indictment of members of Gotti's crew for selling narcotics, Gotti began to fear that Castellano would kill him and his brother Gene for dealing drugs. As this fear continued to grow, and amidst growing dissent over the leadership of the family, Gotti arranged the mutiny murder of Castellano.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Gotti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.