Carmine Tramunti
| Carmine Tramunti | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 1, 1910 Manhattan, New York |
| Died | October 15, 1978 (aged 68) Ossining, New York |
| Resting place | Calvary Cemetery, Queens |
| Nationality | Italian American |
| Other names | Mr. Gribbs |
| Occupation | Mobster |
| Predecessor | Tommy Lucchese |
| Successor | Anthony Corallo |
| Allegiance | Lucchese crime family |
Carmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti (October 1, 1910 – October 15, 1978) was a New York mobster who was the boss of the Lucchese crime family.
Tramunti was born October 1, 1910, in Manhattan and raised in a tenement on 107th Street in Harlem. He eventually ran the "Harlem Game", one of the major floating craps games in New York. Tramunti was a beefy man who stood 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), had a triple chin, and bore a remarkable resemblance to comedian Jonathan Winters. Tramunti's headquarters was The Stage Delicatessen in Manhattan. Tramunti lived in Whitestone, Queens and had a wife and two children. One of Tramunti's sons, Louis, died at age 14.
In 1922, the 12-year-old Tramunti was sent to a Catholic reform school due to truancy from school.
On December 9, 1930, Tramunti was arrested on charges of robbing a rent collector. However, on December 26, a judge dismissed the charges due to lack of evidence.
In July 1931, Tramunti was convicted of felonious assault and was sentenced to six to fifteen years at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York. He was paroled in 1937, then returned to prison for a violation.
In 1967, with the death of Lucchese boss Tommy Lucchese, Tramunti became the official boss of the Lucchese family. Carlo Gambino, the head of the Gambino crime family, allegedly used his influence to make Tramunti the Lucchese boss. Other sources said that Tramunti was a compromise candidate who was acceptable to the different family factions. A common version is that the Mafia Commission designated Tramunti as temporary boss until mobster Anthony Corallo was released from prison
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