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Angelo Bruno

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Angelo Bruno (born Angelo Annaloro; (May 21, 1910 – March 21, 1980) was a Sicilian-American mobster, notable for being boss of the Philadelphia crime family for two decades until his assassination. Bruno gained the epithets "the Gentle Don" or "the Docile Don" posthumously due to his preference for conciliation over violence in stark contrast to his successors. [1]

47 relations: American Mafia, Americans, Antonio Caponigro, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Boss (crime), Businessperson, Carlo Gambino, Catholic Church, Chazz Palminteri, Citizenship of the United States, Consigliere, Crowley Foods, Feltonville, Philadelphia, Firearm, Five Families, Gambino crime family, Gaming law, Gangster, Greed, Gunshot, Harvey Keitel, Havana, Hialeah, Florida, Italian nationality law, Italians, Joseph Ida, Legend (2015 film), Martin Scorsese, Nail bomb, Nicodemo Scarfo, Passyunk Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia crime family, Philip Testa, Plaza Hotel (Havana), Province of Caltanissetta, Racket (crime), Rum-running, Sicilian Americans, Sicily, South Philadelphia High School, Still, The Commission (mafia), The Irishman (2019 film), Trenton, New Jersey, Villalba, Sicily.

American Mafia

The American Mafia (commonly referred to as the Mafia or the Mob, though "the Mob" can refer to other organized crime groups) or Italian-American Mafia, is the highly organized Italian-American criminal society.

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Americans

Americans are citizens of the United States of America.

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Antonio Caponigro

Antonio Rocco Caponigro (January 22, 1912 – April 18, 1980), also known as Tony Bananas, was the consigliere of Angelo Bruno in the Philadelphia crime family.

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches.

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Boss (crime)

A crime boss, crime lord, mob boss, kingpin, or Don, is a person in charge of a criminal organization.

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Businessperson

A business person (also businessman or businesswoman) is a person involved in the business sector – in particular someone undertaking activities (commercial or industrial) for the purpose of generating cash flow, sales, and revenue utilizing a combination of human, financial, intellectual and physical capital with a view to fuelling economic development and growth.

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Carlo Gambino

Carlo "Don Carlo" Gambino (August 24, 1902 – October 15, 1976) was a Sicilian-American mobster and boss of the Gambino crime family, which is still named after him.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Chazz Palminteri

Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952).

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Citizenship of the United States

Citizenship of the United States is a status that entails specific rights, duties and benefits.

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Consigliere

Consigliere (plural consiglieri) is a position within the leadership structure of the Sicilian, Calabrian and American Mafia.

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Crowley Foods

Crowley Foods (legal name Crowley Foods LLC) is an American dairy company formerly based in Binghamton, New York.

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Feltonville, Philadelphia

Feltonville is a working-class neighborhood in North Philadelphia It is located east of Logan and Hunting Park, west of Lawncrest and Juniata, south of Olney, and north of Fairhill and Harrowgate.

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Firearm

A firearm is a portable gun (a barreled ranged weapon) that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of propellant within an ammunition cartridge.

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Five Families

The Five Families are the five major New York City organized crime families of the Italian American Mafia.

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Gambino crime family

The Gambino crime family (pronounced) is one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra).

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Gaming law

Gaming law is the set of rules and regulations that apply to the gaming or gambling industry.

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Gangster

A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang.

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Greed

Greed, or avarice, is an inordinate or insatiable longing for unneeded excess, especially for excess wealth, status, power, or food.

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Gunshot

A gunshot is a single discharge of a gun, typically a man-portable firearm, producing a visible flash, a powerful and loud shockwave and often chemical gunshot residue.

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Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939) is an American actor and producer.

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Havana

Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.

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Hialeah, Florida

Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

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Italian nationality law

Italian nationality law is the law of Italy governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Italian citizenship.

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Italians

The Italians (Italiani) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation native to the Italian peninsula.

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Joseph Ida

Giuseppe "Joseph" Ida (born November 6, 1890, Calabria, Italy) was the head of the Philadelphia Mafia during the 1940s and 1950s, following the death of Giuseppe Dovi in 1946.

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Legend (2015 film)

Legend is a 2015 biographical crime thriller film written and directed by Brian Helgeland.

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Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor and film historian, whose career spans more than 50 years.

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Nail bomb

The nail bomb is an anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails to increase its effectiveness at harming victims.

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Nicodemo Scarfo

Nicodemo Domenic "Little Nicky" Scarfo (March 8, 1929 – January 13, 2017) was a member of the American Mafia who eventually became the boss of the Philadelphia crime family after the death of Angelo Bruno and Phil Testa.

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Passyunk Square, Philadelphia

Passyunk Square is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded by Broad Street to the west, 6th Street to the east, Tasker Street to the south and Washington Avenue to the north.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philadelphia crime family

The Philadelphia crime family, (pronounced) also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, the Philly Mob/Mafia, or the Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Philip Testa

Philip Charles Testa (April 21, 1924 – March 15, 1981), also known as "The Chicken Man" or "The Julius Caesar of the Philadelphia Mob" or "Philly", was a Sicilian-American Mafia figure known for his brief leadership of the Scarfo crime family.

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Plaza Hotel (Havana)

The Plaza Hotel (aka Hotel Plaza) is a four-story historic hotel located in the Old Havana section of Havana.

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Province of Caltanissetta

The Province of Caltanissetta (Provincia di Caltanissetta; Sicilian: Pruvincia di Nissa) is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy.

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Racket (crime)

A racket is a planned or organized criminal act, usually in which the criminal act is a form of business or a way to earn illegal or extorted money regularly or briefly but repeatedly.

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Rum-running

Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting (smuggling) alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law.

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Sicilian Americans

Sicilian Americans (Italian: Siculoamericani; Sicilian: Siculu-miricani) are Americans of Sicilian birth or ancestry.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia; Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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South Philadelphia High School

South Philadelphia High School is a public secondary high school located in the south section of Philadelphia, at the intersection of Broad Street and Snyder Avenue, just north of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex residential neighborhood, Marconi Plaza, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and near the Passyunk Avenue urban corridor of shops and restaurants.

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Still

A still is an apparatus used to distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor.

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The Commission (mafia)

The Commission is the governing body of the American Mafia,Capcei, Jerry.

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The Irishman (2019 film)

The Irishman is an upcoming American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Steven Zaillian, based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt.

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Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County.

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Villalba, Sicily

Villalba (Sicilian: Villarba) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about northwest of Caltanissetta, about southeast of Palermo and 68 km from Agrigento.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Bruno

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