Anthony Mirra
| Anthony Mirra | |
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FBI surveillance photo from September 3, 1977
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July 18, 1927 Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, USA |
| Died | February 18, 1982 (aged 54) Lower Manhattan |
Anthony "Tony" Mirra (July 18, 1927 - February 18, 1982) was an Italian-American mobster, soldier and later caporegime for the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for being the individual that introduced FBI Special Agent Joseph "Donnie Brasco" Pistone into the Bonanno family.
It is estimated that Mirra murdered 30 to 40 people, although he was never convicted of any. By age 50, Mirra had spent more than half of his life in prison. Mirra had a reputation of being a ruthless killer with unpredictable mood swings and a very unpleasant demeanor, but was tolerated because he was good at making money.
Mirra was born to Albert Mirra and Millie Embaratto in Manhattan. He was the nephew of Bonanno family caporegime Alfred Embarrato and uncle to street soldier Joseph D'Amico. Mirra was a cousin of capo Richard Cantarella, capo Frank Cantarella, and Bonanno family capo Paul Cantarella.
Mirra was born in the poverty-stricken Lower East Side at Knickerbocker Village where he lived in the same apartment building as Embarrato, Richard Cantarella and D'Amico. Mirra was once a good friend of Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero; Mirra owned the Bus Stop Luncheonette in Little Italy, Manhattan not far from Ruggiero's bar. His relatives D'Amico, Embarrato and Cantarella became involved in major racketeering schemes at The New York Post distribution center behind their housing complex, but Mirra moved on to more successful and prosperous racketeering endeavours.
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