Sad Birthdays for the Gottis
As a sick and dying John Gotti lives out his final days in a Springfield, Missouri hospital, his wife remembered to send their son Frank Happy Birthday wishes for the 21st time since he died in a tragic car accident in 1980.

As she has done every October 15, Victoria Gotti expressed her entire family's undying love for Frank Gotti in paid "In Memoriam" notices in the New York Daily News. Frank was 12 years old when he was killed a few blocks from his Howard Beach, Queens home as he rode a borrowed minibike.

Gotti, who will be 61 this weekend – his 11th consecutive birthday in federal prison – underwent surgery in 1998 after he was diagnosed with head and neck cancer.

Two years later, the cancer re-emerged with a vengeance. His condition is considered terminal. In recent months, he has reportedly been at death's door several times, surviving each time.