Originally Posted By: Alfa_Romeo
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According to findagrave, Gagliano died on Feb 16th 1951. If you look at the photos it clearly says that on his tombstone.


I'm reading Bill Bonanno. He says that Gaetano Gagliano resigned as Boss at a 1953 Commission meeting he (Gagliano) attended in person. If that is the truth then he and Tommasso are not the same person.



Bill got the year wrong. It was in 1951 (or possibly 1950) Gagliano announced that he is stepping down and asked the Commission to approve Lucchese as his successor. Gagliano´s first name was Tommaso and he DID die in February of 1951. End of story. I posted his obituary in one of the threads here some time ago. Use the search function to find it.

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