1. Gregory J DePalma was an American mobster who became a Captain in the Gambino crime family.
10 Facts About Gregory DePalma
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Gregory DePalma became notorious as the person responsible for introducing and allowing "Jack Falcone" who in actuality was Joaquin "Jack" Garcia an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent in his crew.
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In 1977, Gregory DePalma became a made man in the Gambino crime family.
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On June 6,1978, Gregory DePalma was indicted on state charges regarding the theatre's financial collapse.
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Later in 1979, before the second trial, Gregory DePalma pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud; one piece of evidence that helped the prosecution case was the picture with Sinatra.
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Gregory DePalma did not realize that Falcone was actually Joaquin "Jack" Garcia, and the FBI was providing the goods.
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For two years, Garcia listened in on conversations Gregory DePalma had with many mobsters in the Gambino family.
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Gregory DePalma had spent most of the past year in the hospital, had a cancerous lung removed, and had suffered a heart attack.
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Gregory DePalma was morbidly obese and taking 20 medications a day.
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On November 18,2009, Gregory DePalma died at age 77 in the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina.