Billy “Blackjack” DelSanto passed away yesterday. He was very ill for quite a long time. R.I.P.

How old was he?

The number of RI made guys is dwindling......

He was old and inactive anyway, you speak like that's a huge loss lol

That's hilarious you took it that way. I knew he was old and inactive. Thanks

78 years old.

From Gangster Report.

Dark Day In Providence: “Billy Blackjack” Bids Us Adieu, N.E. Mafia Elder Statesman Passes Away After Battling Stroke In Final Years

By Scott Burnstein

 January 10, 2022

January 10, 2022 — Retired Providence mob captain William (Billy Blackjack) DelSanto died peacefully at age 78 last week, per sources in Rhode Island.

DelSanto used to be a driver for his boyhood friend and former Mayor Vincent (Buddy) Cianci and was employed by the city for years. He was also a member and then promoted to skipper of the Acorn Social Club crew in Providence’s Federal Hill neighborhood.

Cianci was indicted in 2001 for racketeering in Operation Plunder Dome and forced from his second term in office; he did five years behind bars and died of colon cancer in 2016. DelSanto allegedly served as a caporegime in the capital city from the 1980s well into the 2000s and first part of the 2010s.

Sidelined from a stroke in recent years, DelSanto was one of the last “made” members of the Rhode Island faction of New England’s Patriarca crime family. According to FBI records, he was inducted into the mob in an October 1977 ceremony held in Boston’s North End. The FBI always considered DelSanto a suspect in the conspiracy to murder drug dealer Johnny Carr months before.

So it seems that "Billy Blackjack" finally pulled a total card count of 22.

Wow he was an old school name for sure. Often wondered if he was active in the last 20-30 years or not. I really need another trip to Federal Hill!

Believe me when I tell ya, don't rush on that trip lol

I've been quite a few times in the past 10 years so I'm used to the current state of Federal Hill