29 Facts About Anthony Gaggi

Anthony Gaggi was born to Angelo and Mary Anthony Gaggi, and was the youngest of three children.

Anthony Gaggi had a sister, Marie, and a brother known as Roy.

Anthony Gaggi dropped out of school during the eighth grade and followed his father into the barber business.

In 1943, Anthony Gaggi's family left the farm and moved to the Bath Beach area of Brooklyn.

Scalise helped Anthony Gaggi obtain a job at a truck dock, where he quickly became a supervisor.

Scalise eventually allowed Anthony Gaggi to become a "ghost employee", someone who did not have to work.

Anthony Gaggi could devote all his time to loan sharking in Brooklyn bars and pool halls.

However, Anthony Gaggi was the dominant personality in the household, eventually leading to Santamaria's estrangement from his family.

In 1954, after his first arrest, Anthony Gaggi was charged with running an international auto theft ring.

Anthony Gaggi married in 1955 while his auto theft trial was underway.

Immediately after the Anastasia murder, Anthony Gaggi ordered his family to stay home for a few days.

Anthony Gaggi appointed caporegime Aniello Dellacroce, an Anastasia loyalist, as underboss and gave him control over the Manhattan faction of the family.

In October 1960, Anthony Gaggi committed his first murder for the Gambino family.

Anthony Gaggi served on a hit squad that murdered mobster Vincent Squillante, who is suspected of killing Scalise.

Anthony Gaggi persuaded DeMeo to leave the Luccheses and work instead for the Gambinos.

Anthony Gaggi ordered DeMeo to murder Rothenberg, whose body was found with bullet wounds shortly thereafter.

DeMeo and Anthony Gaggi shot and killed Vincent Governara, a young man with no mob ties, over a fight between him and Anthony Gaggi that had occurred twelve years before.

Anthony Gaggi remained close to Castellano, hoping to become promoted to underboss.

Anthony Gaggi proposed that DeMeo be admitted into the family, but Castellano hesitated, initially because he felt DeMeo was too violent and uncontrollable.

Meanwhile, Anthony Gaggi expanded his loan sharking business, with a large loan he secured from Montiglio, now a Gambino associate, in charge of collecting payments from DeMeo and Anthony Gaggi's customers.

Anthony Gaggi received a large percentage of profits from these rackets, along with money from DeMeo's drug trafficking.

However, a witness alerted an off-duty policeman, who soon found Anthony Gaggi walking away from the crime scene.

Anthony Gaggi was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in federal prison.

In 1981, Anthony Gaggi's sentence was overturned on appeal and he was released from prison.

Anthony Gaggi had bribed a juror to make false claims of government misconduct during the trial.

DeMeo's killer was never identified, but law enforcement theorized that Castellano had him killed by either Anthony Gaggi or remaining DeMeo crew members.

In March 1986, Anthony Gaggi was convicted of conspiracy to sell stolen cars, and was sentenced to five years in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary.

The second trial would focus on Anthony Gaggi's racketeering acts and on the 25 murders allegedly committed by the DeMeo crew.

Anthony Gaggi is played by Philip Williams in the 2001 made-for-television film Boss of Bosses.