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Peter Gotti

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The Resume

    (October 15, 1939-February 25, 2021)
    Born in The Bronx, New York
    Older brother of John Gotti
    Became acting head of the Gambino crime family after John Gotti, Jr. was jailed (1999)
    Formally became head of the family shortly before John Gotti’s death (2002)
    Convicted of extortion, money laundering, and racketeering and sentenced to nine years in prison (2003)
    Convicted of additional racketeering charges and conspiring to have a hit placed on mob informant Sammy ‘the Bull’ Gravano and sentenced to 25 years in prison (2005)
    Died at the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina

Why he might be annoying:

    In his legitimate cover as a Sanitation Department employee, he fell off a NYC garbage truck (1979).
    He became mob boss less through his ability than by riding his brother’s coattails.
    John was caught on tape calling him a ‘moron’ and saying, ‘If it doesn’t have to do with our mother or father, stay away from me.’
    Another gangster noted, ‘A lot of the captains were very upset with him because he wasn’t a strong boss. The Lucchese family walked all over him’.
    He complained about spending $70 grand to have Gravano whacked and getting no results.
    One of his extortion targets was actor Steven Seagal.
    His brother was nicknamed ‘the Dapper Don’; he was nicknamed ‘the Dumbest Don.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    Unlike most mob bosses, he never murdered anyone himself.
    He went blind in one eye from glaucoma.
    He lost most of his money to his wife and daughter in a divorce settlement (2006).
    Reporters covering New York organized crime felt his second conviction had less to with the evidence and more to do with the Gotti name and reputation. (Tellingly, the prosecution started its case by projecting a headshot of a scowling John Gotti onto a screen.)

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 224 Votes: 61.61% Annoying