I believe Gotti feared; or was atleast weary of Nino Gaggi.
. Gaggi was the real deal as far as being a tough gangster. Even when he became capo he still went on hits(The eppolitos and George Bynum murders). I don’t have much information on the relationship between Gotti and Gaggi during the 70s and early 80s Atleast from what I read from Murder Machine, Nino was close to the Gambino hierarchy since the 1950s Wasn't he the nephew or cousin of Frank Scalise? Guy was Underboss under Anastasia.
“I called your f—— house five times yesterday, now, if you’re going to disregard my m—– f—— phone calls, I’ll blow you and that f —— house up… This is not a f—— game. My time is valuable. If I ever hear anybody else calls you and you respond within five days, I’ll f—— kill you.†~ John Gotti.
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