Carlo Gambino (1902-1976) was head of the Gambino crime family -- one of New York's famed "Five Families." Born in Palermo, Sicily to a family in the "Honored Society" (akin to the Black Hand). Gambino came to Italy in 1921 and started his climb up the crime ladder. He soon joined a crime family headed by Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila, one of the larger crime families in the city. In the early 1920s, Gambino made a killing in the bootlegging business and established himself as a force in crime. In his last years, Gambino still ruled his family and the other New York families. He died quietly in his home after watching the New York Yankees win the winning the American League pennant the previous evening.
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