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popular name: Gennaro Angiulo

date_of_death: August 29, 2009

age: 90

cause_of_death: Kidney failure

claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims

best_know_for: Gennaro J. “Jay” Angiulo was an American mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Patriarca crime family of New England under Raymond L. S. Patriarca. He and his brothers oversaw the Boston, Massachusetts faction of the Patriarca family from 1963 to 1986. Angiulo rose from humble beginnings to become a key player in the Mafia, overseeing racketeering, gambling, loansharking, murder and other illicit operations in the region. His influence peaked in the 1960s and '70s, but his criminal empire began to crumble in the 1980s when the FBI, aided by informants like Whitey Bulger, planted listening devices in his headquarters. These recordings led to his 1986 conviction on racketeering and other charges, resulting in a lengthy prison sentence. After serving 17 years, Angiulo was released in 2007 due to health issues. He died on August 29, 2009, at the age of 90, and is considered the last significant Mafia boss in Boston’s history. You can visit grave of mobster Gennaro Angiulo at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.

popular name: Salvatore Maranzano

date_of_death: September 10, 1931

age: 45

cause_of_death: Murdered - mob hit

claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims

best_know_for: Salvatore Maranzano, nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City. He instigated the Castellammarese War in 1930 to seize control of the American Mafia, winning the war after the murder of rival faction head Joe Masseria in April 1931. He then briefly became the Mafia's capo di tutti capi ("boss of all bosses") and formed the Five Families in New York City but was murdered on September 10, 1931, on the orders of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who established the Commission, in which families shared power to prevent future turf wars. The grave of Salvatore Maranzano can be found at St. John Cemetery in Queens, New York.

popular name: Charles Lawson

date_of_death: December 25, 1929

age: 43

cause_of_death: Suicide by Gun

claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims

best_know_for: Charles Lawson was a North Carolina tobacco farmer born on May 10, 1886, who became infamously known for the tragic and shocking murders of his own family on Christmas Day in 1929 in Germanton, North Carolina. Lawson, reportedly a hardworking man, had recently moved his wife, Fannie, and their seven children into a new home and was thought to be relatively prosperous. Just days before the killings, he took his family to town to buy new clothes and have a formal family portrait taken—an unusual gesture that later seemed eerily significant. On December 25, 1929, Lawson brutally murdered his wife and six of their children before turning the shotgun on himself. Only his eldest son, Arthur, survived, as he had been sent into town on an errand. The motive behind the murders has remained a subject of speculation for decades, with theories ranging from financial stress and mental illness to dark rumors of incest. The case has since become a haunting part of North Carolina folklore, inspiring books, songs, and documentaries. Charles Lawson and his entire family were all laid to rest is one large grave at the Browder Family Cemetery in Germantown, North Carolina.