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Joseph Bonanno 1905 - 2002

Joseph Bonanno of Tucson, Pima County, AZ was born on January 18, 1905 in Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani County, Sicile Italie, and died at age 97 years old on May 11, 2002 in Tucson, Comté de Pima County, AZ États-Unis. Joseph Bonanno was buried at Holy Hope Cemetery 3555 N Oracle Rd, in Tucson, Pima County.

Joseph Bonanno

Tucson, Pima County, AZ 85719

January 18, 1905

Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani County, Sicile, 91014, Italie

May 11, 2002

Tucson, Comté de Pima County, AZ, États-Unis

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Introduction

Crime Figure. He immigrated to the United States in his 20s and began to work as a muscleman for the large New York gangs of era, most under Joseph (Joe the Boss) Masseria, and Salvatore Maranzano. When both were murdered in 1931, Bonanno was appointed as boss of the Brooklyn-based Bonnano Family, which he exerted control over until his 1968 retirement. Bonanno expanded into countless rackets, many spread out across the entire U.S. and Canada. Despite his later claims of having bossed an honorable, drug-free criminal organization, he was known as one of the largest Mafia narcotics traffickers in the nation. The Mafia leaders who were bothered by Bonanno's direction were part of the NYC Commission, and they objected to Joe planting "flags" all over so-called open-cities such as Florida and Arizona. After long tensions with the other bosses, Joseph decided to put his son, Bill, in charge and to run the family from his home in Tuscon, Arizona. The Commission found this in poor taste and banished both Bonanno and his son from New York, aswell as stripping them of their power in Brooklyn. Joe & Bill Bonanno avoided further tangles with the law until 1979, when the FBI raided their home and convicted Joe of obstruction of justice for trying to compromise his son's fraud indictment. Both went off to prison for short terms, but were essentially free by the mid-1980s, when Joseph got himself in trouble again. In 1983, he penned his autobiography, "Joe Bonanno: A Man of Honor," which described the inner-workings of the Commission as well as his own Mafia family. He was last released from prison in 1986 after serving 14 months on a contempt charge.
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1905

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January 18, 1905

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Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani County, Sicile 91014, Italie

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2002

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May 11, 2002

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Heart Failure

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Tucson, Comté de Pima County, AZ États-Unis
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Holy Hope Cemetery 3555 N Oracle Rd, in Tucson, Pima County, AZ 85705, États-Unis
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Joseph Bonanno lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.

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