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Carlo Gambino

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The Resume

    (August 24, 1902-January 5, 1976)
    Underboss of Albert Anastasia (1950s)
    Don of the Gambino crime family (1959-1976)
    De-facto Boss of Bosses

Why he might be annoying:

    He was short.
    He had a bulbous nose.
    He made a fortune off of stealing food rations from the government during World War II.
    He brought tons of drugs to the United States from Sicily in Italian navy freighters.
    He allegedly shot his boss Albert Anastasia to death while he was passed out in a barber's chair (1957).
    He often contradicted himself and many detectives had trouble reading what his actions meant.
    His nephew Manny Gambino was kidnapped and held for ransom for $350,000. He only paid them $100,000 which forced the kidnappers to kill Manny (1972).
    He had Joe Colombo killed after he refused to dismantle the Italian American Civil Rights League.
    He avoided going to trial for any of his crimes by feigning illness or checking into a hospital.
    He was a fan of Niccolò Machiavelli.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He had a sharp business mind.
    He was low-key and would often shop at the fruit stands in New York City.
    After he took over the Genovese crime family, he eliminated all its connections with the drug trade.
    He claimed that the FBI and the CIA offered him $1 million to kill Martin Luther King. He refused the money.
    He selected Paul Castellano as his successor, whose reign almost wiped out the mafia in the 1980s.
    Mario Puzo based 'The Godfather' character on him.
    He managed to die of natural causes.

Credit: Captain Howdy


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 23 Votes: 26.09% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 35 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 74 Votes: 83.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 64 Votes: 67.19% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 71.74% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 65 Votes: 70.77% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 121 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 147 Votes: 59.18% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 83 Votes: 77.11% Annoying