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Gennaro Joseph Angiulo 1919 - 2009

Gennaro Joseph Angiulo of Boston, MA États-Unis was born on March 20, 1919 in Boston, and died at age 90 years old on August 29, 2009 in Boston. Gennaro Angiulo was buried at Cimetière Holy Cross 175 Broadway, in Malden, Middlesex County.

Gennaro Joseph Angiulo

Boston, MA États-Unis

March 20, 1919

Boston, MA, États-Unis

August 29, 2009

Boston, MA, États-Unis

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Introduction

Gennaro Joseph "Jerry" Angiulo Sr. March 20, 1919 – August 29, 2009) was an American mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Patriarca crime family of New England under Raymond L. S. Patriarca. Angiulo was convicted of racketeering in 1986 and was imprisoned until being released in 2007. According to a member of the Angiulo Brothers, he was "probably the last very significant Mafia boss in Boston’s history".
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1919

Birthday

March 20, 1919

Birthdate

Boston, MA États-Unis

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Professional Career

The Angiulo brothers who had only minor previous involvement in crime realized that as a result of convictions of previous operators there was an opening for numbers game operation. They offered small business people such as barbers and convenience store owners the opportunity to get a wholesale discount on bets on individual numbers. The Angiulo brothers were able to build a network converting these businesses into points of sale and bookies. This succeeded in attracting the interest of the Mafia and the Angiulo brothers offered the Patriarca family a cut rather than resist them. The Angiulo brothers, who owned nightclubs, were publicly named as members of Cosa Nostra, more commonly known as the American Mafia. In 1963, Gennaro's reputation for being a shrewd businessman, along with his successful racketeering, led to Patriarca appointing him underboss of the Providence, Rhode Island–based Patriarca crime family.[4] Angiulo later headed up Boston's underworld from the 1960s to the 1980s. He and his brothers ran the criminal organization out of their headquarters at 98 Prince Street in the North End, the neighborhood in which he grew up.
Personal Life & Family

Gennaro J. Angiulo was born in 1919 to Italian immigrants Cesare and Giovannina "Jeannie" (née Fimiani) Angiulo, who owned a mom-and-pop grocery store. He grew up with his siblings Nicolo, Donato, Francesco, Antonio, Michele and James. Even though he was from the North End neighborhood, he graduated from Boston English High School in 1936, where his ambition was to attend Suffolk Law School and become a criminal lawyer. Gennaro Angiulo enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the beginning of World War II and served 4 years in the Pacific theater; he achieved the rank of Chief Boatswain's Mate. Upon completion of his service, he moved back to the North End of Boston.
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2009

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August 29, 2009

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Boston, MA États-Unis
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Cimetière Holy Cross 175 Broadway, in Malden, Middlesex County, MA 02148, États-Unis
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Gennaro Joseph Angiulo lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.

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