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Constantino Paul Castellano ( Italian: [kastelˈlaːno]; June 26, 1915 – December 16, 1985) was an American crime boss who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family of New York City. Castellano ran the organization from 1976 until his murder on December 16, 1985.
On Dec. 16, 1985, Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano was shot and killed outside Sparks Steak House in Manhattan. His brazen murder dominated headline...
Sep 26, 2021 · The head of the Gambino family, Paul Castellano was killed outside Sparks Steak House in Manhattan on John Gotti's orders on December 16, 1985. By the mid-1980s, a war was brewing within the Gambino crime family between Paul Castellano and John Gotti.
Jan 10, 2021 · Paul Castellano presented himself as a legitimate businessman and mingled with New York's upper crust, while running a multi-million dollar racketeering operation in Season 2, Episode 20, Paul...
Mar 15, 2019 · Just before 5:30 on a December evening in 1985, mob boss Paul Castellano stepped out of a limo in front of Sparks Steakhouse in midtown Manhattan and was shot to death. The four assassins who...
Jun 22, 2024 · Paul Castellano, American organized crime figure, reputedly the ‘boss of bosses’ of the Five Families of New York’s La Cosa Nostra.
Mar 4, 1992 · Salvatore Gravano, an admitted Mafia underboss, gave a detailed and chilling account yesterday of the murder of Paul Castellano and several other slayings that he said were ordered or...
Dec 17, 1985 · Paul (Big Paul) Castellano, the reputed boss of the nation’s largest and most powerful Mafia family, was shot to death along with his bodyguard Monday as they got out of their limousine in...
Dec 17, 2022 · Paul “Big Paul” Castellano, reputed boss of the nation’s most powerful Mafia family, was gunned down along with his driver-bodyguard outside a Manhattan restaurant last night, and authorities...
Dec 18, 1985 · In his highly stylized death, Paul C. Castellano finally played out the popular expectations about a man who, law-enforcement officials said, was the boss of America's most powerful crime...
