Lucchese Crime Family

On June 11 and 12  ….. former Lucchese associate Henry Hill was born and died. Born 6/11/1943, Henry’s life became famous when he was portrayed by Ray Liotta in the movie “Goodfellas” in 1990. In June 1960, at age 17, Hill joined the United States Army, serving with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

Lucchese soldier, Ercole “Herky” Ercolano (NYC, 1927).   In the early 50’s, he was nabbed by five agents, with with 100 ounces of pure heroin, valued at $880,000.   He was sitting at a table in a Manhattan apartment with the dope and the paraphernalia for cutting and packaging it before him when the agents, who had been working on the case around the clock burst in upon him at 3 A. M.

On June 6, 1980, a human leg bone & a portion of a human shoulder bone were excavated from the basement of Robert's Lounge, a saloon located at 114-45 Lefferts Boulevard, in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Authorities said the bones were thought to have been those of 2 of Lucchese crime family associate James “Jimmy The Gent” Burke's associates, Thomas DeSimone & Martin Krugman, who went missing a short time after the Lufthansa heist.

I'd like to get some group opinions on my question here. Some people think Vic Amuso was Gaspipe's puppet when he was made boss and consequently think Vic wasn't a very strong leader.

Teriaca was no one to trifle with. But Sinatra was in a fighting mood. When Ben Novack put Sinatra together with Patsy Erra, the gangland leader said he'd be willing to have Teriaca meet the singer, but he'd get his ass kicked. “If Terry threw you out, you had it coming,”

On May 28, 2018 former consigliere of the Lucchese crime family, Christopher "Christie Tick" Furnari, Sr. died at his home in Staten Island, New York. Furnari was born in New York City & served as consigliere until he was 1986 convicted on racketeering charges in the famous New York Mafia Commission case, where he was sentenced to 100 years in prison before being released in 2014, after serving almost 28 years.