Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 July 1979

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 12th of July 1979 45 years ago His Cigar Was Still Between His Teeth
Mobster and boss of the Bonanno crime family Carmine Galante aka The Cigar aka Lilo is shot dead by three ski-masked men just as he finished eating lunch at the age of 69 in Joe and Mary's Italian-American Restaurant, 205 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States. Galante died with a cigar still held between his teeth.