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Most "stylish" gangster deaths
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02/13/15 08:58 AM
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Gangsters can die a "normal" death (of natural causes, in their beds), a "shameful" one (like the fictional character Philip Tattaglia shot while naked in bed with his mistress; or John Gilligan, wounded while using the toilet); but there are also more "stylish" or impressive ways to die, that would be considered "heroic" by the underworld. Which gangsters died with more style in your opinion?
I can think of 4 examples:
1) Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll: not only died of bullets like a true gangster, but did perform his "duties" to the last: while he was shot at, he was extorting money from Owney Madden via phone by threatening to kidnap his brother-in-law. Really, dying with last words like "cough up your money, you sucker!" or whatever he really said.
2) Michele "The Cobra" Cavataio (Palermo, Sicily, 1969): defended himself to the end while assaulted by a hit team dressed as police officers, sent by the commission and managed even to kill the leading hitman Calogero Bagarella before being killed by Bernardo Provenzano.
3) Santo Inzerillo (Palermo): when cornered with Mimmo Teresi by the Riina hitmen, Teresi started crying and Santo said: "stop crying and tell those "cornuti" (horned ones, cuckolds) to hurry up".
4) Joe Barboza (granted, this one was a rat, and a lying/perjuring one as well, but still shouted "You fuckers!" at his killers when they aimed at him; no cries or beggings for mercy)
Willie Marfeo to Henry Tameleo:
1) "You people want a loaf of bread and you throw the crumbs back. Well, fuck you. I ain't closing down."
2) "Get out of here, old man. Go tell Raymond to go shit in his hat. We're not giving you anything."
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Re: Most "stylish" gangster deaths
[Re: Dwalin2011]
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Johnny Keys who wanted to take his shoes off, wanted to be shot by a made guy. He never said a peep all the way to his death. Gangster to the core.
Johnny Cokes who before he was whacked and the other guy's gun jammed said: What you gonna do now tough guy? underestimating his killer who had brought a second gun with him and shot him.
Albert Anastasia lunging at his killers only to find out it was their reflection on the barbershop mirrors.
-I shot him a coupla' times. -What's a couple? -Hmm, more than a couple... Really I don't know the exact amount, maybe I shot him 10 times, 12 times? -Maybe fifteen? -Hmm, it could've been fifteen...
-Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso
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Re: Most "stylish" gangster deaths
[Re: yigido]
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sonny black? When the gun jammed of one of his killers he said something like do your job or do your job right. Something like that. No he said," ahhhhhh it hurts, hit me one more time & make it good" People seem to think it was a manly thing but personally I think he was in such pain, he wanted to be put out of his misery
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Re: Most "stylish" gangster deaths
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Yeah I heard the Spilotro brothers only asked to pray. Not as badass as Sonny Black but still respectable.
-I shot him a coupla' times. -What's a couple? -Hmm, more than a couple... Really I don't know the exact amount, maybe I shot him 10 times, 12 times? -Maybe fifteen? -Hmm, it could've been fifteen...
-Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso
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Re: Most "stylish" gangster deaths
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Yeah I heard the Spilotro brothers only asked to pray. Not as badass as Sonny Black but still respectable. Yeah, but the way Calabrese described it, he said "Time to say a prayer" and nothing else. Who knows though.
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Re: Most "stylish" gangster deaths
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sonny black? When the gun jammed of one of his killers he said something like do your job or do your job right. Something like that. No he said," ahhhhhh it hurts, hit me one more time & make it good" People seem to think it was a manly thing but personally I think he was in such pain, he wanted to be put out of his misery you never know if it was manly or not. But he was pepared to get killed when he gave his stuff to the bartender.
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