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Biography

Name: Lucky Luciano
Variant Name: Charles Luciano, Salvatore Luciano
Birth Date: November 27, 1897
Death Date: July 26, 1962
Place of Birth: Palermo, Italy
Place of Death: Naples, Italy
Nationality: American, Italian
Gender: Male
Occupations: gangster

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Biography of Lucky Luciano
1,371 words, approx. 5 pages
Although he was once called "one of the 20 most influential builders and titans of the 20th century," Charles "Lucky" Luciano (1897-1962) was a mobster. His advice was sought after by world leaders, but he was still a kingpin of crime. He eventually...
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Biography of Lucky Luciano
259 words, approx. 1 pages
Charles "Lucky" Luciano was one of the most powerful figures in U.S. organized crime in the 1930s and 1940s. Luciano continued to prosper even after the federal government deported him to Italy in 1946. Luciano, whose original name was Salvatore...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Luciano, Lucky (1897-1962) Summary
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Sicilian-born Charles "Lucky" Luciano is renowned for initiating a new era in organized crime in the United States by establishing a national syndicate that aligned the Italian mafia with Jewish and Irish crime organizations in the 1930s....
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Lucky Luciano Information
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Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania) (November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was a Sicilian-American mobster. Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime and the mastermind of the massive postwar expansion of the...


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AP Features
Convicted mobster, 97, sentenced to 6 months of house arrest in upscale Fla. condo
5/25/2007: 252 words, approx. 1 pages
A 97-year-old mobster whose life of crime dates to the days of Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel was sentenced Friday to six months' house arrest on federal racketeering charges.Albert Facchiano, who was first arrested 75 years ago and is known as "The Old Man" and...
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AP Features
Convicted mobster, 97, gets 6 months of house arrest
5/25/2007: 288 words, approx. 1 pages
Albert "The Old Man" Facchiano, a 97-year-old whose life of crime dates to the days of Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel, was sentenced Friday to six months of house arrest and 18 months of probation on federal racketeering charges.Afterwards, Facchiano said his days in organized...
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AP News
Reputed mobster charged at 96 in Florida
12/30/2006: 922 words, approx. 3 pages
Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Carlo Gambino are long gone. Murder Inc. is out of business. Las Vegas has been so cleaned up it resembles Disneyland. And Havana? Forget about it since Castro took over. But Albert "Chinky" Facchiano, at 96, is still standing. And...
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Reputed mobster is charged at 96
12/29/2006: 922 words, approx. 3 pages
Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Carlo Gambino are long gone. Murder Inc. is out of business. Las Vegas has been so cleaned up it resembles Disneyland. And Havana? Forget about it since Castro took over.But Albert "Chinky" Facchiano, at 96, is still standing. And like...
 


 

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