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This 5 page paper presents an overview of this infamous Brooklyn mobster who turned on his boss John Gotti. A bit about his childhood, role in organized crime and his life in general is outlined in this paper that focuses on the life of a key Mafia player. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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It was a day that sent chills down the spines of not only the general public and the police, but also of crime families throughout the world. Gravano was a
Gambino family underboss and on the stand admitted to, and described in detail, 19 murders in which he participated (Lacayo & Behar, 1992). He was suddenly one of the highest-ranking
mafiosi ever to have became witness (1992). It is also said that he was probably the most important informant since Joseph Valachi turned on the Genovese family during the early
1960s (1992). He was born Salvatore Gravano and claims to have come from a tough neighborhood: Bensonhurst (Maas, 1997). Of course, anyone who knows Brooklyn, and particularly in the
time frame he grew up, also knows that Bensonhurst was actually a nice area. It was certainly not a tough neighborhood unless one is comparing it to Dorothys Kansas. In
fact, Bensonhurst is well known for being the setting of the cult film Saturday Night Fever. Of course, it is feasible that Sammy hung out with a dangerous crowd--his second
"family"--but clearly he is not talking about East New York when he describes his youth. Sammy Gravano was born in 1945 and was one of five children (Amoruso,
2002). His parents were not a part of organized crime; rather, they were hard working people (2002). Sammy would find himself associating with the "wrong" crowd and in fact, one
of his childhood friends happened to be John Gotti. Few can think of a worse influence on a young mind. Sammy went to P.S. 186 and his family was
told that he was a "slow learner" (Maas, 1997, p.7). He would end up repeating the fourth grade (1997). It would later be discovered that he had dyslexia (Amoruso,
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