Philip Giaccone
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Giaccone in November 1980
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July 12, 1932 Ridgewood, Queens |
| Died | May 5, 1981 (aged 48) Clinton Hill, Brooklyn |
Philip Giaccone also known as "Philly Lucky" and "The Priest" (July 12, 1932 - May 5, 1981) was a Bonanno crime family member who was murdered by loyalists of crime boss Joseph Massino.
Giaccone was born in the Ridgewood section of Queens. His father died during the 1930s, leaving Giaccone, his sisters and brothers, and mother to fend for themselves during the Great Depression. Serving as an altarboy, Giaccone grew up as a strict Catholic. Giaccone had good grades in school and graduated from high school. As a young man, he became a protegee of Bonanno underboss Giovanni Bonaventre. Giaccone was described as being brazen, yet gentlemanly; when a relative was diagnosed with hemophilia, Giaccone assumed the financial support of his wife and children. One of the relative's children and Giaccone's nephew followed in his uncle's footsteps and became "Frankie Saggio," a notorious enforcer who was a huge earner known for his ability to bring millions of dollars into the family. Giaccone was also known to be ruthless when necessary.
Giaccone had a wife Annette, a daughter Corinne, and a son Phillip Giaconne Jr. He was an in-law to Gambino crime family boss Carlo Gambino. Giaccone's legitimate business was Pinto Trucking, a trucking firm in South Ozone Park, Queens that served also as a headquarters for his crew. During his life, Giaccone was never convicted of a crime.
By the mid-1970s, the Bonanno family was in turmoil. After official boss Philip Rastelli went to prison in 1975, capo Carmine Galante took control of the family. It is suspected that the heads of the other New York Five Families collaborated with Rastelli to arrange Galante's death; they supposedly viewed Galante's greed and ambition as a threat to all their interests. On July 12, 1979, Giaccone, Dominick Trinchera, and Alphonse Indelicato allegedly murdered Galante at an Italian-American restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
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