Originally Posted by sbhc
Originally Posted by mike68
I recall that in Sammy Gravano's book, Gotti made an old school gangster on his deathbed. A sort of final honor to him.

He was ravaged with cancer and asked to me made before he died. Gravano said they conducted the ceremony in a hospital room, apparently he was so weak Gravano couldn't get blood from his finger.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paruta

The man was Joseph Paruta but wasn't the cancer he had a disease that killed him at 58 y,he was called the gravano personal luca brasi.