Originally Posted by chopper
Bosses of the Bonanno crime family
1925�1930 � Nicola "Cola" Schiro
1930�1931 � Salvatore "Caesar" Maranzano (murdered September 10, 1931)
1931�1964 � Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno (crime family patriarch and longtime godfather, officially stepped down in December of 1964)
1963�1964 � John "Johnny Burns" Morales (acting boss)
1965�1968 � Gaspare "Gasparino" DiGregorio (retired)
1966�1968 � Paul Sciacca (acting boss)
1968�1970 � Paul Sciacca (jailed May 12, 1971)
1971�1973 � Natale "Joe Diamonds" Evola (died August 28, 1973)
1973�1975 � Phillip "Rusty" Rastelli (jailed in 1975)
1975�1979 � Carmine "Lilo" Galante (aka. "The Cigar") (defacto boss, Rastelli was the officially recognized boss, murdered July 12, 1979)
1979�1991 � Phillip "Rusty" Rastelli (paroled 1984, jailed 1986, sentenced to 12 years in 1987, released on July 21, 1991, died 3 days later in a Queens hospital)
1979�1984 � Salvatore "Sally Fruits" Ferrugia (acting boss)
1987�1992 � Anthony Spero (acting boss)
1991�2005 � Joseph "Big Joey" Massino (aka. "The Ear") (jailed January 9, 2003, defected October 2004)
2003�2004 � Anthony "Tony Green" Urso (acting boss) (jailed January 20, 2004)
2004�2005 � Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano (acting boss) (jailed November 19, 2004)
2005�present � Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano (defacto boss, recently convicted in July of 2007)
2005�2006 � Michael "Mikey Nose" Mancuso (acting boss) (jailed February 16, 2006)
2006�present � Salvatore "Sal the Iron Worker" Montagna (acting boss)

Anyone know the circumstances of the short term change between Paul Sciacca and Joe diamond Evola?


"Joe Bananas went after Carlo Gambino, the war went on for seven years..... When guys go to the mattresses, they're not out earning" -Tony Soprano