Originally Posted By: tommykarate
So who were the people close to momo that got killed b4him.


The big ones were Nicoletti & Dyno destefano. Lots of Taylor st. guys were bought off by Aiuppa, and more or less "forced" into the new regime. You have to keep in mind, that during that time period, Cicero (Aiuppa, Torello, Lapietra, etc) & Grand Ave (Accardo & Cerone) teamed up to overthrow the Taylor St juggernaut. Aiuppa literally went in & "politely" excused Ricca & Moe's guys from their posts (forced Skids to step down as Chinatown boss & implanted Lapietra) and replaced them with people he trusted from Cicero. It was put out on the street in 74-75 that anyone that was rumoured to be remotely fraternizing/supporting giancana was to be flattened immediately, no questions.