The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Capo dei Capi is Italian for "boss of the bosses". Charles "Lucky" Luciano was born Salvatore Lucania in Sicily, Italy, on November 24, 1897. Luciano split New York City into five crime families, heading the Genovese crime family himself. He also initiated The Commission, which served as a governing body for organized crime nationwide. Luciano moved to Havana and was later deported to Italy, living out his final years in Naples.
In 1929, Luciano lived up his nickname "Lucky" by surviving a savage attack. He was abducted by a group of men, who beat and stabbed him. Left for dead on a beach in Staten Island, Luciano was discovered by a police officer and taken to the hospital. It was unclear who had ordered the attack, but some speculated that it was the police or top crime boss Masseria. Masseria was in a turf war with rival boss Salvatore Maranzano around this time. Luciano had worked for Masseria for years, but he later supported Marazano. He helped arrange for Masseria to meet a grisly end in April 1931.
With his rival vanquished, Luciano focused on improving how criminal gangs did business. He sought to create a national organized-crime network to quell any conflicts, manage disputes and establish guidelines between the different operations. In addition to the heads of the five families, he brought in other crime figures from across the country, including Chicago's Al Capone. This new entity, sometimes known as the Commission, took organized crime to a new level.
In the early 1930s, Luciano was enjoying the high life. He lived at New York's luxurious Waldorf Towers, part of the Waldorf Astoria hotel, under the name Charles Ross. Flush with cash, Luciano looked the part of a wealthy businessman, wearing custom-made suits and riding around in chauffeur-driven cars. But the good times were about to come to end, as Thomas E. Dewey was appointed to serve as a special prosecutor to look into organized crime in 1935.
While in prison, Luciano offered to help in the war effort during World War II by using his criminal connections in Italy to advance the Allies' cause. After the war, Luciano received parole and a deportation order. He went back to Italy briefly and then traveled to Cuba. There he met up with some of his old cohorts in crime, including Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel.
In 1947, the Cuban government sent Luciano back to Italy, where he remained under close surveillance. He was not allowed to leave Naples, where he spent the remainder of his days. According to some reports, he still had his hands in narcotics trafficking. Luciano considered sharing the inside details of his life story over the years. In an odd twist of fate, he suffered a fatal heart attack at a Naples Airport in January 1962. Luciano had been there to meet with a film and television producer. capo di tutti capi (“boss of all the bosses”)
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Lucky Luciano (1973)
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
Written by: Francesco Rosi, Tonino Guerra, Lino Lannuzzi and Jerome Chodorov
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Love this. Tribute to. Lucky Luciano. Great. Song. From. Old. Blue eyes. Keep safe and take care Scotland
Great stuff! Very effective. Leaves me wanting more!! Make another one, please?!
Great montage
Heard he was deported back to Italy. Better than spending life in jail like some other mafia bosses.
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24.11.2023. Happy birthday, Lucky!
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Luciano later changed and became a Good man !
I don't know about that. 😄
@@Owen-ub3fv The authorities kept such close watch on him that he could only build hospitals and churches with his money !
@@keithharrison9797 Well that sounds more like "became a Good man" by force and not choice.
As opposed to being a good man by freedom of choice.
If the authorities didn't keep a close watch on him and he had freedom of choice when he was deported back to Italy chances are he would have just continued his life of crime until he died.
An don't doubt that he still conducted some criminal activity with corrupt members of these Italian police who were keeping a close watch on him.
@@Owen-ub3fv He was still involved in illegal smuggling
@@keithharrison9797Exactly.
So happy that Elvis made this a good song! 💯
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this is sad like a pop of uglyness
Yes ,bad people became celeb cus his crimes, shameful
He died of heart attack 😭😭😭😭🤣😭🤣😭 lucky Luciano
nope..he was poisoned