THE BLACK HAND FORUM

"Genovese
- Salvatore 'Sammy Meatballs' Aparo (DOB 1929)
- Rocco Barra (DOB 1927)
- Salvatore Basso (DOB 1915)
- Eugenio Campo (DOB 1915)
- Dominick Cappolla (DOB 1923)
- Earl Orlando Corralluzzo (DOB 1915)
- Lawrence 'Little Larry' Dentico (DOB 1923)
- Michele 'Mickey Dimino' Generoso (DOB 1918)
- Salvatore Giardina (DOB 1921)
- Mario Gigante (DOB 1923)
- Dominick LaPuma (DOB 1921)
- Louis 'Bobby' Manna (DOB 1929)
- Vincent Pacelli (DOB 1921)
- Carl 'Leash' Silesia"

JD, I´m sure the Eugenio Campo listed above is this guy:

Name: Eaguenio S. Campo
State of Issue: New York
Date of Birth: Friday January 01, 1915
Date of Death: Tuesday January 30, 1996
Est. Age at Death: 81 years, 29 days
Last known residence:
City: Schenectady; Niskayuna; Upper Union
County: Schenectady
State: New York

In the 1980s, when Campo was a listed Genovese member, his address was given as 1731 Avenue A, Schenectady.

Rocco wrote:Yeah but in Europe they are all heavy smokers. In the US the people that smoke are white trash and kids....

Depends on the region, but even in regions where smoking is more cultural a lot of people don't smoke.

Another thing that you have to consider in life expectancy is stress or lack of thereof. Southern Europeans don't work as much as northerners, it's widely known, they even have siesta time-off during the day and are in general more relaxed.

Those mobsters probably had that same attitude through their life, they sure as hell didn't work much during their life. The only stress for them was police or getting killed, but I guess most of those guys were too irrelevant to have to care too much about that. I mean, they went through the golden age of the mob when LE didn't do much against LCN and by the time of RICO pressure they were likely semi-retired because of their age.

As far as American food is concerned from what I heard it seems that fast food alone isn't the main problem but lack of quality food in general.

definitely all the processed food.....and don't forget we work ourselves to death.....stress is a killer...

"Lucchese
- Chris 'Christy Tick' Furnari (DOB 1929)
- Donato Laietta (DOB 1908)
- Angelo 'Puggy' Loiacono (DOB 1913)
- Anthony Zito (DOB 1908)
- Angelo Tuminaro (DOB 1910)"

I think Zito´s true name was later determined to be Joseph Piazza.

"- Dominick LaPuma (DOB 1921)"

JD, are you sure this is the correct spelling of his name? In a FBI report, a Dominick Li Puma is listed as a suspected member of the Genovese Family. In SSDI, there is an entry for a Dominick LiPuma, born in 1921, died in 2001. BUT, his DOB does not match with what is later given in another report.

Considering some of their ages most of them woud be lucky if thy can even remember their own name.


Pogo

British wrote:How many listed are still active members?

Very hard to say. Probably most of them listed in OP are dead. Those who aren´t dead are most likely inactive.

How many listed are still active members?

"Genovese

(Possible)
- Nicholas Galante"

JD, I found a mention of a Nick O´Brien in a report dated June 1973.



Nick O´Brien´s true name was earlier discovered to be Nicholas Galante or Nicholas Galente. If this report is correct, one of these two entries found in SSDI could be the Galante referred to in OP.

Name: Nicholas Galante
State of Issue: New Jersey
Date of Birth: Friday November 25, 1910
Date of Death: February 1973

Name: Nicholas Galente
State of Issue: New York
Date of Birth: Friday October 31, 1919
Date of Death: November 1972

Dwalin2014 wrote:

JD wrote: - Aniello Migliore (DOB 1933) (Disagreement whether made yet)

But could a non-made member have been present at the Apalachin meeting?

I don´t think there is any evidence of him being present. His job seems to have been driving some of the participant to and from the meeting.

Another guy that perhaps should be on the list is Nicky "The Blond" Frustaci (Genovese member). I´ve seen indications showing he was made in or around 1957. Frustaci is still alive today.

JD wrote: - Aniello Migliore (DOB 1933) (Disagreement whether made yet)

But could a non-made member have been present at the Apalachin meeting?

HairyKnuckles wrote:- For some reason, I have Joseph Messina listed as deceased in 1996. But I can´t find his SSDI entry. I don´t know where I got his YOD from.

- Germaio Anaclerio is listed as Jerry Naclerio in SSDI. (Naclerio may have been his true name.) He died in 1975.

- John Santoro died in 2005.
Andrew Torregrossa Jr died in 2011.

- Matteo DiLorenzo, I am positively sure is deceased. He died sometime between 1975 and 1978, in a NY hospital.

Here´s some more guys:

Bonanno Family

Albert DeAngelis (b 1924)
Gaetano "Tony or Tommy" Lisi (b 1911)

Colombo Family

John "Arrow" Magliocco (b 1919)
Salvatore Mangiameli (b 1929)
Nick Sorrentino (b 1927)

Gambino Family

Gerlando Mancuso (b 1914) (Not to be confused with Gennaro Mancuso)
Nick Melillo (b 1919?)

Genovese Family

Alfred Criscuolo (b 1911)
Louis Prado (b 1909)
Daniel Polidori (b 1915?)
Carlo "Leash or Leach" Silesia (b 1914)

Lucchese Family

Salvatore Maneri (b 1911) (Possibly deported to Italy and died there)
Angelo Tuminaro (b 1910)

I´m sure some of the guys we don´t have any DOD on, were murdered and buried someplace and never found.

Nicky Nelson (Melillo) passed in the late 70's.

123JoeSchmo wrote:

East Bronx wrote:Yeah, supposedly Americans have the "best" medical care in the world. But when it comes to longevity we're not even in the top ten. Now I'm as patriotic as the next guy, but give me a break.

If it wasn't for all that disgusting processed junk food we eat we probably would be in the top 10. Lack of exercise can hurt too. But European diets are far more all natural and in all honesty they taste a hell of a lot better.

Yeah but in Europe they are all heavy smokers. In the US the people that smoke are white trash and kids....

Great idea for a topic. Always interested in the guys that still bridge a gap to the old days.

About Sal Profaci... I see you list him as "Jr." I was under the impression that the Sal Profaci who is still alive is Joe Profaci's son. At some point I believe I found that Sal Profaci Jr., the son of Joe's brother Sal, died in the late 1970's of cancer or some other illness. Both of the younger Sal Profacis were made in the 1950's and I believe both of them eventually moved to New Jersey, so there is a lot of confusion. I might be wrong myself... I swear that Rosalie or Bill talk about her brother Sal dying in one of their books, though. One of them definitely died in the 1970's.

Frank Profaci also had a son named Sal who I believe is still living, though I've never heard of him being made or even involved in the life. A number of years ago I posted a semi-current photo of Sal Profaci on the Real Deal but it may have actually been Frank's son. I have never seen a clear enough photo of Joe's son Sal to confirm and never seen a photo of Sal Jr. The Sal that I posted definitely appears as a young man in a photo in one of Bill Bonanno's books.

As for Philadelphia, I believe Nicky Scarfo is the last living member from the 1950's. There are a couple that may have been made in the 1960's (Dominick Rugnetta for one, if he's still alive, was definitely made in the 1960's).

East Bronx wrote:Yeah, supposedly Americans have the "best" medical care in the world. But when it comes to longevity we're not even in the top ten. Now I'm as patriotic as the next guy, but give me a break.

If it wasn't for all that disgusting processed junk food we eat we probably would be in the top 10. Lack of exercise can hurt too. But European diets are far more all natural and in all honesty they taste a hell of a lot better.