GREAT NEWS! Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. In the late 1960s Sinatra took on the role of an organized-crime icon. DeCarlo asked Valli to get in touch with his [DeCarlo's] old friend, Frank Sinatra, and ask him for help. Save record . An FBI file on a person does not tell the whole story, nor, in fact, does the file itself form any type of narrative. He arranged several singing engagements for Sinatra, giving his career a large boost. Shortly afterward he sent the committee a bill for $18,750 in expenses. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. This was the last straw and in August 1963, Ed Olson, chairman of the commission started an investigation with the goal of revoking Sinatra's gaming license. A receptionist there said instructions had been given permitting only members of Gambino's immediate family to see him. No one expected Gambino to seize control over the Commission of Cosa Nostra in the US, at 1957 Appalachin Convention. They stayed at the Hotel Nacional and all three met with Luciano on more than one occasion. In lieu of flowers please send donations in Phyllis' name to the Alzheimers Association, 225 North Michigan Ave, Ste 1700, Chicago, IL 60601, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Frankie and the Boys 1976 - Left to right: Paul Castellano, Gregory DePalma, Sinatra, Tommy Marson, Carlo Gambino, Aladena Fratianno, Salvatore Spatola, Seated: Joseph Gambino, Richard Fusco. Memorial ID. Predeceased by beloved husband, Thomas. March 19, 2003 SINATRA-Thomas J., M.D., 74. Fischetti worked as a sort of agent for Sinatra in Miami and Chicago and got him several bookings in the early 1950s when Sinatra's career was nearly dead. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. It was never paid, but in July The New York Times published a commentary bearing Sinatra's byline wherein Sinatra claimed that the committee had invaded his privacy in order to gain publicity during an election year. Asked if he knew Sinatra, the boss of New England organized crime said: A: I never met Sinatra personally. The files the FBI turns over are far from pristine. He returned in 1973, after Waterman was arrested on racketeering charges and Caesar's Palace offered him $400,000 per week (a record for Las Vegas performers at the time) and a free bodyguard. Gambino's wife, Kathryn, died Aug. 6. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Incensed the committee prepared a second subpoena and ordered U.S. marshals to stand by at all ports of entry to issue the subpoena as soon as Sinatra re-entered the United States. Thanks for your help! The grounds for the pardon were that DeCarlo was terminally ill, but according to, In the late 1960s Sinatra took on the role of an organized-crime icon. Bonnano steadily lost ground as he lost allies: Albert Anastasia was murdered in 1957 and Joe Profaci died in 1962. Sinatra is pictured with, among others, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno. Secret location (WITSEC) No relation. During that time, the FBI has turned over six million pages of FBI documents to the public mostly news organizations and researchers in paper format. Carlo Gambino ( Italian: [karlo ambino]; August 24, 1902 [nb 1] - October 15, 1976) was an Italian-American crime boss of the Gambino crime family. Rizzo had told him that, ''I have known Sinatra since New Jersey. De Palma and Fusco, needing more money to keep their scheme afloat, convinced Carlo Gambino to invest $100,000. Sorry! Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Failed to report flower. This led to Sinatra's reputation as a ''big mouth''. A few weeks later an attempt was made on the life of one of the employees in front of the hotel. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Whether he was a cousin of Big Al, or not, Sinatra did have a life-long relationship with the infamous Fischetti brothers. Sinatra appeared at the Desert Inn many times from the early 1950s until Howard Hughes purchased it in 1967. Phyllis Catherine Gambino Sinatra 1927 - 2007. It was never paid, but in July, Sinatra made another payment of $50,000 in December 1972, and two days later DeCarlo was pardoned. A system error has occurred. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Sinatra made at least two trips to Havana to meet Luciano. He also gained a great deal of wealth. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers.These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. There one can read about Charles A. Lindbergh (1,368 pages), Robert Kennedy (1,263), Joseph Kennedy (1,011), President Kennedy (178), Henry Ford (376), Abbie Hoffman (13,262), Martin Luther King Jr. (16,659), Malcolm X (11,674), Nelson Rockefeller (1,472), Cardinal Francis Spellman (536), Marilyn Monroe (80), Jackie Robinson (131), and, of course, the Mafiosi: Al Capone (2,397), Sam Giancana (2,781), and Carlo Gambino (1,239) to name a few. The FBI became involved, at the request of the U.S. attorney in New York, when Alpert charged that his life was threatened if he didn't return the $100,000. The sons names were Thomas, Joseph and Carlo, his daughter was Phyllis Sinatra. Two in particular were Eugene Cimorelli, the casino's official greeter. Sinatra helped Fischetti set up a string of auto dealerships, by lending his name to the enterprise and doing commercials free of charge. They have also lived in Flushing, NY. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. J. Edgar Hoover didn't buy it. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Failed to delete flower. On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the citys firefighters. Weve updated the security on the site. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers. This story came to light again during Nevada Gaming Commission hearings in 1981. Again there is no proof behind these rumors and, knowing Sinatra's connection to Moretti, it is more likely that Moretti gave Sinatra an ''in'' with Costello, than the other way around. In 1960 Giancana made arrangements to buy the Cal-Neva Lodge, located at the north end of Lake Tahoe exactly on the California-Nevada border. There he controlled protection, pinball, prostitution, numbers, narcotics, loan sharking, extortion, counterfeiting and bookmaking. FBI files are an uneven amalgam of fact, rumor, suspicion, allegation, unvarnished gossip, false leads and trivia. Sometimes he was the victim of their schemes and by the late '60s skimming the proceeds from Sinatra performances was a favorite activity of mobsters. Brother of Private; Carlo Gambino; Phylis Gambino and Private. ). Q: Did you ever have any business dealings with him? Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Kathryn Gambino (160935229)? This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. The name of the cemetery is St. John and despite being owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, it is located in Middle Village in the New York City borough of Queens. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Thanks for your help! Dalitz helped keep Sinatra employed when his career hit a low point after 1949. Phyllis Sinatra Gambino. Giancana was rumored to be the driver and a gunman at the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Saperstein died on November 26, 1968, of what was called ''gastric upset.'' A few weeks later, at an appearance in Miami, Mason quipped, ''I don't know who it was that tried to shoot meAfter the shots were fired all I heard was someone singing: Doobie, doobie, do.'' Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese fought an on-and-off war with Joseph Bonnano, the head of the Bonnano crime family. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. In addition the committee agreed to limit their questions to the Berkshire Downs Racetrack. The two men are Domenico Cefal* and Frank Cali. Learn more about merges. There was an error deleting this problem. DeCarlo was called ''a methodical gangland executioner'' in FBI files. This browser does not support getting your location. Fusco and De Palma ran the theater as if it were a Las Vegas casino, skimming huge amounts from concessions and t-shirt sales and selling tickets for seats that didn't exist. In all, Sinatra played 10 sold-out performances at the 3,600-seat theater between April 1976, and May 1977. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. After his brief war with Sal Maranzano in 1931, in which he earned his ''Lucky'' nickname, Luciano consolidated his power by forming the Commission. For a good part of his life Giancana was under constant FBI surveillance. The FBI estimated, based on overheard conversations, that the Villa Venice reopening, and gambling at the nearby Quonset Hut, grossed over $3 million. Phyllis had 3 siblings: Carl Jr. Gambino and 2 other siblings. Another version of the story, retold in Kelley's book His Way, was that Mickey Cohen asked Sinatra for $5,000, on three separate occasions for a total of $15,000, to suppress articles in Hollywood Nite Life. Giancana was often annoyed by the attention Sinatra generated and thought he had a ''big mouth,'' but he was a regular at Sinatra's legendary parties. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? He later denied that he had tried to kill himself, but in 1985 George Jacobs, Sinatra's longtime valet, told Kitty Kelley: ''Thank God, I was there to save him. Testimony Rizzo had given to the Florida Beverage Control Commission (FBCC) in 1968 was read into the record in which Rizzo testified that Sinatra had received money from Berkshire Downs and that Rizzo had known Sinatra for ''fifteen to twenty years. Gambino was being attended by Dr. Joseph Florio, a cardiologist at the hospital, who has treated him in the past for heart attacks. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. The famous photograph of Ol' Blue Eyes was taken backstage after his April 11, 1976, performance. Born in Brooklyn, Kings, New York on 21 Jun 1928 to Francesco (Frank) Sinatra and Anna Puccio. Sinatra told Sanicola not to be a ''worrier''. Abraham Teitelbaum former attorney of Al Capone. The Commission was designed to save the mob from autocratic rule by dictatorial bosses and internecine warfare. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. Thomas Tommy Gambino (born 1929) is a New York City mobster and a longtime caporegime of the Gambino crime family who successfully controlled lucrative trucking rackets in the New York City Garment District. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Thomas Gambino was born on month day 1870, at birth place. Despite Hoover's FBI amassing the largest file on Sinatra of any entertainer in U.S. history, none of the damning information there ever made it to a grand jury. Sinatra also helped Fischetti get tickets to sports events several times. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. In 1962 Federal Agents investigated a prostitution ring that was run openly through the registration desk. '', Commenting on Sinatra and Rizzo's testimony, the committee counsel said, ''It appears that Mr. Sinatra's testimony was false, or the testimony of Mr. Rizzo before the [FBCC] was false. Meyer Lansky and Sam Giancana also had interests in the hotel. Fischetti's financial interest nearly came to light in 1963 when the IRS investigated the so-called ''Fontainbleu Complex.'' Are you sure that you want to delete this flower? Later that year an informant told the FBI that both Sinatra and comedian Lou Costello ''kicked in'' to Moretti. In lieu of flowers please send donations in Phyllis' name to the Alzheimers Association, 225 North Michigan Ave, Ste 1700, Chicago, IL 60601, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Moretti, in return, took a great interest in Sinatra's career and helped him wherever he could. The Castellano regime was ruled by this country. Try again later. Phyllis married Thomas Sinatra. One FBI informant said it was well known that Sinatra had a ''hoodlum complex''. But for veteran crime writer and crusading editor J. Patrick OConnor, the factsor a lack of themdidnt add up. In 1963 Sinatra sponsored Rosselli for membership in the Friar's Club, where Roselli was later charged with running a gambling operation. There was a problem getting your location. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. On this infamous trip Sinatra met with Charles ''Lucky'' Luciano. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Adored grandmother, true friend. After his release he was exiled in Mexico for the rest of his life. ). By this time Sinatra was very close to both President Nixon and Vice-President Agnew. Elison and Sinatra had become friendly during the investigation into the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson discouraged this plan and it was dropped. In 1972 the House Select Committee on Crime prepared a subpoena for Sinatra to question him about the Berkshire Downs Racetrack. Resend Activation Email. Beginning more than a year ago, the FBI began posting files of scores of other deceased celebrities it had maintained files on to the bureau's web site. Through Cohen Sinatra got involved with James Tarantino and his blackmail/scandal sheet, Hollywood Nite Life. Shortly afterward Marilyn Monroe took an overdose of sleeping pills there. According to Zelmanowitz' testimony, ''I thought he [Saperstein] was dead. It was a clear case of arson, and five people from Marlborough were duly convicted of the crime. Saperstein owed $400,000 to the Genovese family and was having problems paying the $5000 per week interest. Miller was making the point that Costello secured the role of Maggio in. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. The order was based on Gambino's illegal entry to the port of Norfolk, Va., in 1921, as a stowaway from his native Palermo, Sicily. Giancana decided that he wanted Fisher for the re-opening of his club on Halloween. This surveillance extensively documents the relationship between Giancana and Sinatra. 0 cemeteries found in Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA. See other search results for Thomas Joseph Sinatra Search for yourself and we'll build your family tree together Top record matches for Thomas Joseph Sinatra Thomas Joseph Sinatra found in U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Thomas Joseph Sinatra In the case of Sinatra, for example, his name is probably never redacted but the names of stool pigeons or FBI sources used to gather information about him are. Sinatra made another payment of $50,000 in December 1972, and two days later DeCarlo was pardoned. As for the business relationship between Sinatra and Giancana, nothing was ever clearly proven. The U.S. government put pressure on Cuba to deport Luciano to Italy. It looked as if Luciano would be able to hang onto his position and rule the mob from Havana. Gathered from those who lived during the same time period, were born in the same place, or who have a family name in common. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Phyllis Catherine Gambino Sinatra I found on Findagrave.com. Sinatra kept up his attack on the committee after his 95-minute appearance. Please try again later. That same summer ex-Deputy Sheriff Richard Anderson had a fight with Sinatra at the Cal-Neva Lodge, a few days later Anderson died in a mysterious car accident. Never mind about the Desert Inn, I already handled that. A system error has occurred. Gambino also appeared in the famous photograph taken in 1976 at the Westchester Premier Theater (one of their joint enterprises) along with Paul Castellano, Gregory De Palma, Thomas Marson, Aladena Fratianno, Salvatore Spatola, Joseph Gambino and Richard Fusco. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Sinatra had friends in the highest places, first President Kennedy and then President Nixon and finally President Reagan. He and Sinatra were known to be close friends as early as the 1940s.While Charles Fischetti was under FBI surveillance in 1946 he and Sinatra visited Fischetti's mother in Brooklyn for three hours. Overall, it tells a story but not in story form, just in bits and pieces as the reports from the various agents pile up. In the early 1950s he moved in on organized crime in Boston and by 1954 had control of all of New England. 0 cemeteries found in Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA. Raymond Patriarca was brought before the committee from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, where he was serving 10 years for murder conspiracy. Since boyhood he always wanted to be around the strongest and the toughest men he could find. Columnist John Miller is quoted, in Kitty Kelley's biography of Sinatra, as saying, ''Sinatra and Frank C. were great pals. Westchester Premier Theater The Westchester Premier Theater in Tarrytown, N.Y., began as a scheme by Gregory De Palma and Richard Fusco, members of the Gambino family. Try again. It worked for a while, but its main effect was to increase Luciano's power. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Joseph ''Doc'' Stacher the No. He is considered by some to be the real winner of the Castellammarese War of 1930, which led to the formation of New York's Five Families. They always told me they had spent a lot of money helping him in his career ever since he was in Tommy Dorsey's band. Fisher and his agent thought it could hurt his career. The track went bankrupt in 1965, but the deal came back to haunt Sinatra years later. The most blatant example of this came in 1966 when comedian Jackie Mason angered Sinatra by making jokes about his marriage to Mia Farrow. He took the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer any questions. You could easily get the impression that the FBI did not mean to make reading its files an easy chore. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Documents of Carlo Gambino Carlo Gambino in 1940 United States Federal Census Carlo Gambino was born circa 1903, at birth place. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? 0 cemeteries found in Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA. You could easily get the impression that the FBI did not mean to make reading its files an easy chore. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Funeral Mass Friday 10am at St. Anselm, 4th Ave at 82nd St, Brooklyn. Phyllis Sinatra U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Phyllis C Sinatra U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Felicia Sinatra U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2; Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). It also led to his most blatant illegal actions in support of his organized-crime friends. Failed to delete flower. Whether Sinatra or Gambino invested the money in CFE, it is probable that Sinatra had no knowledge of or participation in the threats or the attempts to extort money from Alpert. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Assault charges were dropped against Waterman because there were visible marks on his throat where Sinatra had been holding him. Despite Hoover's FBI amassing the largest file on Sinatra of any entertainer in U.S. history, none of the damning information there ever made it to a grand jury. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Suggest an alternative. Graduate of Marymount College. A: I can't remember where or how, but I met him and we got to talking about it and I liked his idea for the investment. It was Frank Sinatra's sapphire friendship ring that Giancana wore every day, though. ''We got that junk behind us. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. As Sinatra said in his 1981 NSGC hearing, ''Show me a briefcase that will hold $2 million in cash and I'll give you the money.''. Try again. The 69yearold Gambino, said by law enforcement offidials to be the head of the largest and most profitable Mafia family in the country, has been fighting deportation since 1967, when the Supreme Court upheld such an order that had been served on him. Graduate of Marymount College. Reading an FBI file, particularly one as voluminous and replete with redactions as Sinatra's, is no easy task. Instead Sinatra flew to England. For Sinatra, the Cal-Neva Lodge was cursed. He remained in control of his family, with help from Paul Castellano, until his death in 1976. The Sands Hotel was a joint enterprise run by the Genovese family and the Chicago Outfit. He denied that his life had been threatened. After Giancana's semi-successful lawsuit against the FBI, in 1963, the publicity around him began to seem dangerous to Tony Accardo and Paul Ricca, the real Mafia powers in Chicago. Sinatra's relationship with Giancana, coupled with his own unruly temper, gave him a reputation for being dangerous. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. One of the most famous mafia families to date is the Gambino family, which was founded around 1910 by Salvatore D'Aquila and still exists today. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. He visited the club regularly (when he would admit visiting he claimed that he always stayed on the California side) for trysts with his mistress, Phyllis McGuire, meetings with other mobsters or Sinatra's wild parties. One rumor that is stated more than once in the FBI files is that Patriarca introduced Sinatra to organized crime figures in New York. Relatives. Each, in different ways and to varying degrees, came to his aid when he most needed them, enabling him to front for the mob with impunity. In 1957 he was shot and wounded by Vincent ''Chin'' Gigante. Nancy Barbato, Sinatra's first wife, was a cousin of a ''key member of Willie Moretti's mob,'' as the FBI report put it. Gambino left behind three sons Thomas, Joseph and Carlo, one daughter Phyllis Sinatra and a family with a crew of 1,000 soldiers, after leading the Gambino crime family for 20 years, and the The Commission for more than 15 years. I know because I used to sit with Frank C. at the Copa and Sinatra would join us all the time. Shortly after the February meeting Robert Ruark, a New York columnist, wrote an article about Sinatra's visit to Luciano. Learn more about merges. It may be true that Sinatra never met Patriarca personally, but Mickey Rudin, Sinatra's attorney, had earlier acknowledged his client's friendship with Gaetano Lucchese, and Patriarca's testimony left the question of his role in Berkshire Downs in question. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Anthony ''Tony Batters'' Accardo former bodyguard of Al Capone and power behind the Chicago throne from 1943 until his death in 1992. Sinatra and Siegel had a nodding acquaintance, but there is no evidence that there was anything more than that. Now, something immediately jumps out at anyone that gives even the most cursory of glances over the Wikipedia entry on St. John Cemetery Holy shit! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Sinatra told IRS investigators in 1959 that he met Giancana at the Fontainbleu Hotel in March 1958. (See ''Havana Conference - 1946'', by Allan May.) Gavarante, the brother of Sinatra's mother, was convicted of murder in 1921 in connection with an armed robbery in which he had driven the get-away car. Please enter a valid Memorial ID. The stock price for CFE dropped from $12 per share to $.75 per share. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Moretti controlled gambling and other rackets in Bergen County and northern New Jersey and was a known associate of Frank Costello, the New York Mafia boss. Gotti is the son of John Gotti. Sinatra introduced her to both men. At first Sinatra owned one-third of the hotel, but within a couple of years his ownership had risen to over half and Dean Martin had dropped out in favor of Sanford Waterman. Among the perks he received at the hotel was free no-limit gambling in the casino. This is a carousel with slides. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. cemeteries found in Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Sinatra's most enduring, and well known, association with a mobster was with Sam ''Momo'' Giancana. First there was an inflated stock scam, where stock was sold to ''big names'' such as Alan King, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme for pennies on the dollar. From Sinatra's history with Willie Moretti, Frank Costello and others it is clear that this rumor is absurd. (See '', Columnist John Miller is quoted, in Kitty Kelley's biography of Sinatra, as saying, ''Sinatra and Frank C. were great pals. Some $40-$50 million of that went directly to Giancana. To use this feature, use a newer browser. No performer was more associated with Las Vegas than Frank Sinatra. In 1980 Sinatra forced Caesar's Palace to list him as a key employee so he could apply for a new Gaming License. Fischetti was deeply involved with this hotel. Agents use a host of sources in compiling a file. This account has been disabled. Sinatra performed on Christmas Eve at a party held in his honor by Luciano. View Phyllis Gambino's 1940 US census record to find family members, occupation details & more. The San Francisco police also believed Costello to be the true owner of Hollywood Nite Life. It is not clear when Sinatra first became associated with Gambino. He was also a very close friend of Sinatra. The second best result is Phyllis M Gambino age 50s in Whitestone, NY in the Whitestone neighborhood. Sinatra didn't rush over to Cohen's house, as Cohen wanted, but he did invite them to a radio broadcast where all three were allowed to sit on the stage. Fisher, his agent and Moe Dalitz, the operator of the Desert Inn, were against changing Fisher's plans. Giancana's visits made Hank Sanicola, who had invested $300,000 of his own money, nervous because federal agents often accompanied Giancana. Thomas Joseph Sinatra married Phyllis Gambino. Failed to delete memorial. Mason received phone calls threatening his life, but refused to change his routine. Note to Curators This profile is an orphan. 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