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  1. Salvatore Maranzano (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre maranˈtsaːno]; July 31, 1886 – September 10, 1931), nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City.

  2. May 31, 2024 · Salvatore Maranzano was an American gangster of the Prohibition era and leader among the old-country-oriented Italians, known as “Moustache Petes,” many of whom were former members of the Sicilian Mafia and Neapolitan Camorra.

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  3. Mar 3, 2018 · Learn how Salvatore Maranzano, also known as "Little Caesar", became the boss of all bosses in the New York underworld and organized the Five Families of La Cosa Nostra. Discover how he was betrayed and killed by his former ally Charles Luciano in 1931.

  4. Sep 12, 2023 · Learn how Salvatore Maranzano, a Sicilian Mafia boss, was killed by his rivals in 1931 in a plot orchestrated by Lucky Luciano and other young turks. Explore the background, the motives, the methods and the aftermath of this pivotal event in American organized crime history.

  5. Aug 5, 2023 · Learn about the life and death of Salvatore Maranzano, a Sicilian immigrant who rose to power in the American Mafia and sparked a bloody conflict with Joe Masseria. Discover how he was betrayed and killed by his former ally Lucky Luciano in 1931.

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  6. Dive deep into the life of Salvatore Maranzano, the man who shaped the American Mafia as we know it. Known as the "Boss of Bosses," Maranzano's influence and strategies were pivotal in the...

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  8. Salvatore Maranzano was an American mafia boss from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss, who led the Castellammarese War against his rival Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria and subsequently dethroned him as the mafia's capo di tutti capi ("boss of all bosses"). However, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who had ...