A GANGSTER who was a member of the late Gambino boss John Gotti’s inner circle has gone to that big social club in the sky.

Longtime capo George (Big George) DeCicco died late last week of natural causes. He was 85.

DeCicco was one of the Dapper Don’s most trusted lieutenants, according to law enforcement sources, and was the leader of the Gambino crime family’s murderous Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, crew for many years.

DeCicco was a fearsome presence on Bath Ave. for decades, but he may have been best known as the uncle of Gambino underboss Frank DeCicco, who was blown up by a car bomb in 1986 in retaliation for participating in the infamous murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano outside Sparks steakhouse in Midtown.

The assassination launched Gotti as a mob star.

Gambino Boss John Gotti was close to DeCicco, whose nephew Frank was killed in payback for the rubout of Paul Castellano, which led to Gotti taking over the crime family.
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Gambino Boss John Gotti was close to DeCicco, whose nephew Frank was killed in payback for the rubout of Paul Castellano, which led to Gotti taking over the crime family.
Defense lawyer Joseph Benfante remembered his client as a gentleman. “All the detectives and FBI agents used to tell me he greeted them cordially when they came into contact with him,” Benfante told the Daily News.

After DeCicco’s last arrest in 2007 on extortion charges, a federal prosecutor offered a darker portrait of the gangster.

“An individual who was hired to do a simple phone repair is so fearful that he’s convinced Mr. DeCicco is going to kill him when he does a shoddy job on the repair,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Taryn Merkyl stated at a bail hearing. “Mr. DeCicco then requires the individual to conduct the repair free of charge and pay him back the money that was originally paid for the repair.”

The repairman was terrified to return to Bath Ave., Merkyl said.

georgie Decicco on sammy the bull," he had me fooled, all them years"

I always thought George was Frank Decicco' brother, not uncle?

Is he the same fellow gotti was recorded as calling "butterass"?

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/john-gotti-pal-big-george-decicco-dies-85-article-1.1966867

Recent photo.
(Wish these guys would mix up the leather jacket)

any body know the names of his blood thirsty crew? seemed pretty lowkey, read he was introuble with the bosses cause he had someone wiring a wire in his crew if I remember.

so he was married to the guy doctors daughter. wow so all these guys are related him,marino,micky scars.

wizard of wall street. its weird how big some of these blodd related mafia families are tehn big joe massino only had his brother inlaw sal vitale.

This is the guy who wanted his son to get made some years back but he wasn't well liked later wound up getting shot, also wasn't Joey Orlando in his crew, the one who was shaking down someone for Larry Barese from the Sopranos

I think DeCicco originally came up under Failla but put under Tommy Bilotti when Bilotti (also originally under Failla) broke off and made a skipper. Frank DeCicco, Joe Bilotti, Sonny Juliano and a couple of other guys were also part of this switch. I think Sonny replaced George as captain sometime around 2007.

Great info as usual hairy , cheers pal

hairy knuckles. I thought I read somewhere he was shot four times in bath beach coming out of a pharmacy.

Yeah, Joey Orlando was caught on a wire saying

'I got eight under my belt already, so I don't give a fuck who nine's gonna be'

That was his son Robert.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/gotti-crony-winged-article-1.219904

thanks hk, I had it wrong.

Joe bilotti,Tommy bilotti s brother?

Excellent information, thanks for sharing

hello vinny, we found george...

pmac...marzulli,needs to get his facts straight..these guys after all these years writing about the mob still can not get 50% right.

I told you the other day that I was trying to be nice .

Vinny's a nice kid, and very knowledgeable about the neighborhood that he comes from. He's just a little too eager. You know how these young'uns are, Bronx .

rip decicco

hello pizza..how are you..o.k. i'll help vinny out and a few others that may be interested with this one..george was frankie d. uncle .franks father was a made guy they called him boozie,george that just past was know only as george, not big ,butterass, there was no other george.. butter was joe decicco not made. george's older brother.

joey boy, was chased for twenty years..how george let him come back is a mystery..he probably brought a bag of money in.big bag..blabber mouth bullshitter..

yes very tough..old now

I'm good, brother.


You know he wouldn't have been the first, and certainly not the last .

L.O.L true.. if you ever met him ,you know what a bufoon he is..he kills a guy a day..

Speaking of Frank Deccico, Gus Sclafani said he was a rat. Sclafani's mother in law was working as a clerk for the feds and was feeding the Gambino's through Sclafani inside info on cases. Up to that point it seems that the info was pretty accurate. Why would he make something up like a guy like Deccico being an informant if he didn't believe it? Was there bad blood between them before he accused him?

Anyone know anything more on these accusations that Sclafani made? Big Paul sided with Deccico after Frank denied it but wouldn't let him hit Gus. Then as soon as Paul was hit Deccico had Gus disappear.

Joe butch passed the info to gotti if I'm not mistaken , sclafani's relative was called Mildred Russo

Yes Mildred Russo, she was Sclafani's mother in law. Pretty sure she was later charged and convicted of giving them info. This was pre Gotti, when Paul was still in charge.

I don't know if it's true or not. Just seeing if anyone here knows more about it.

very good..gus was killed from saying that..frank was very well liked ,on the rise..he would be boss today if he didn't have blind loyalty to gotti