The answer I was looking for was: Harry (Big Greenie) Greenberg. Carbo was one of three shooters. The others were Whitey Krakauer and Allie (Tick Tock) Tannenbaum. Bugsy Siegel went along but didn't shoot.
Q. Whose family did Sammy Da Bull join before going to the Gambinos?

Sorry about my answer to the other question that you posted TB, I totally misunderstood the question.

As for your Gravano Question :

I believe that he was with the Columbos. However he was not happy there and someone from the Gambino family actually had to pay for him to be released from the Columbos.

I will not post a question until you tell me if what I remember is correct.

Don Cardi

Right, DC! Your turn...

Thank you TB!

Q : What three gangsters were alledged to have organized the original "French Connection" drug pipeline?


Don Cardi

I'm guessing it was Bonanno, Magaddino and Luciano, starting with their famous 1957 meeting in Sicily. But I'll wait until you confirm or deny...

Actually the Luciano part is right. But it is alledged that the other two were a young Carmine Galante and Montreal mob boss Frank Petrula.

But please post a question anyway TB.


Don Cardi

Thank you, DC!
Q. Which Don was known as "the Prime Minister"?

Frank Costello


How did he earn that nickname?


Don Cardi

Because of his peerless ability to bribe politicians and judges--and the political power he wielded as a result.
Q. Whose murder was ordered by Albert Anastasia for informing the police about the whereabouts of a famous bank robber?

Arnold Shuster

What was the name of that infamous bank robber?


Don Cardi

Willie "the actor" Sutton.
Q. Which Don killed his lover's husband in order to marry her?

Wasn't it Vito Genovese?

I won't post a question.


Don Cardi

Right again! Your turn...

OK.


What Gangster was nicknamed " Joey The Blond?"


Don Cardi

Crazy Joe Gallo.
Q. What was his brother Albert's nickname?

Kid Blast


What was Frank Illiano's nickname?


Don Cardi

Punchy.
Q. On what Brooklyn street did Carlo Gambino live?

Navy Street

Q:What gang was Sam Giancana apart off?

Turnbull's question is a little difficult to answer because its so general. Gambino had at least three addresses in Brooklyn and I'm not so sure that Navy Street was one of them.

Gambino lived in The Bronx (604 E. 182nd St.) when he married his wife in 1926. Shortly after that he moved to the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn and changed his address there twice in the next few years (1692 83rd St. and 8302 17th Ave.). He eventually ended up on Ocean Parkway (2230 O.P.) where he spent the last years of his life. I THINK thats the answer Turnbull was going for.

Yes, the Ocean Parkway address (which I passed many times) was the one I was looking for. Your turn, SC...

Q. Which NYC don's body was exhumed 10 days after he died in order for authorities to check to see if he had been poisoned? (He really died of a heart attack).

Charlie Luciano.
Q. Which world-famous American singer died in Italy--supposedly killed on orders from a Mafia Don?

Not the answer I was going for - was Charlie Lucky exhumed???

SC - Wasn't it Vito Genovese? He died of a heart attack in prison but they suspected that he was poisoned.

If my answer is correct, then I forfiet my turn to Turnbull and his question stands.

Turnbull's Question - Which world-famous American singer died in Italy--supposedly killed on orders from a Mafia Don?


Don Cardi

I don't think Genovese was exhumed from his grave for an additional autopsy either.

Let me give two hints towards the answer I think is correct:

1. The FBI taped two wiseguys talking about this death and their claim that it was orchestrated by Joe Bonnano.

2. It happened a month after John Kennedy was killed.

Guisepe Magliocco ?

He's the only person I read of that died of a heart attack around the time of Kennedy's assasination.

if I'm correct let Turnbull's question stand

Thats the answer! He died December 28th in a Long Island, NY hospital. A week after his funeral he was dug up and tested for poisoning. (They didn't find any).

Well done, SC and DSC! I stand corrected...
Repeat:
Q. Which world-famous American singer died in Italy--supposedly killed on orders from a Mafia Don?

I'm getting a bit of stimulation (ahem!) to post the answer to this question, so here goes:
A. Mario Lanza.
The famous operatic tenor and movie star had his career cut short by heart problems and continuous battles with obesity. He moved to Italy in the late Fifties. Periodically, he underwent a bizarre weight reduction treatment that put him into an induced coma for weeks at a time. He died during his last treatment, in 1959. The story went around that Charlie Luciano had asked Lanza to sing for him at some affair or occasion, and Lanza refused. So, the story goes, Luciano arranged for Lanza's doctors to make sure he didn't survive the treatment.
Q. Which Mafia guy had Frank Sinatra as the singer at his daughter's wedding?

Willie Moretti


What Gotti Underboss was involved in the killing of Roy Demeo?


Don Cardi