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  2. Angelo Bruno - Wikipedia

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    Angelo Bruno (born Angelo Annaloro, Italian: [ˈandʒelo annaˈlɔːro]; May 21, 1910 – March 21, 1980) [2] was a Sicilian-American mobster who was boss of the Philadelphia crime family for two decades until his assassination. Bruno was known as "the Gentle Don" due to his preference for conciliation over violence, in stark contrast to his ...

  3. Anthony Casso - Wikipedia

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    Anthony Salvatore Casso (May 21, 1942 – December 15, 2020), nicknamed " Gaspipe ", was an American mobster and underboss of the Lucchese crime family. During his career in organized crime, he was regarded as a "homicidal maniac" [1] in the Italian-American Mafia. Casso is suspected of having committed dozens of murders, and had confessed to ...

  4. Oliver H. Bair Funeral Home - Wikipedia

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    The Oliver H. Bair Funeral Home is an historic, American building that is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. History and architectural features. The five-story building, which was built in 1907 from the designs of architect John T. Windrim, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was added to the Philadelphia ...

  5. Philadelphia crime family - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, [16] [17] Philly Mob , Philly Mafia, [18] [19] [20] Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, [21] [22] [23] or Bruno-Scarfo family is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed and based in South Philadelphia, the criminal organization primarily ...

  6. William A. Barrett - Wikipedia

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    William Aloysius Barrett (August 14, 1896 – April 12, 1976) was an American lawyer, politician, and member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's South Philadelphia-based 1st district from 1945 to 1947 and again from 1949 until his death in 1976.

  7. Pittsburgh crime family - Wikipedia

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    The Pittsburgh crime family, [4] also known as the LaRocca crime family [5] or Pittsburgh Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] [6] The LaRocca family is one of the original 26 mafia families in the United States. [7] In 2021, the boss Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti died, he was also the last known ...

  8. Philip Testa - Wikipedia

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    Philip Testa. Philip Charles Testa (April 21, 1924 – March 15, 1981), also known as " The Chicken Man ", was an Italian-American mobster known for his brief leadership of the Philadelphia crime family of the Italian-American Mafia. He became boss of the Philadelphia crime family after the previous boss and his close friend, Angelo Bruno, was ...

  9. Jim O'Brien (reporter) - Wikipedia

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    Jim O'Brien (reporter) James Franklin Oldham, better known as Jim O'Brien (November 20, 1939 – September 25, 1983), was an American newscaster. He was a member of the WPVI-TV Channel 6 Action News team, which became the highest-rated television news team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley region during the late 1970s and ...

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