January 7 – "Fat" Herbie Blitzstein was shot to death inside his Las Vegas townhouse.
June 6 – Arrest of Pietro Aglieri, boss of the Santa Maria di Gesù Mafia family in Palermo, in a disused lemon warehouse in the dilapidated industrial area Bagheria together with his "right hand" men, Natale Gambino and Giuseppe La Mattina. It took the authorities almost a year to locate him following the arrest of his right-hand man Carlo Greco. Apparently, Giovanni Brusca, a Riina loyalist arrested in May 1996, helped police identify Aglieri. He had been on the run since 1989.
August – Masaru Takumi, the founding head of the Takumi-gumi, a large branch of the Yamaguchi-gumi, was assassinated by the Nakano-kai.
Arts and literature
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (film) starring Joe Pesci and David Spade. [1]
Bella Mafia (film) [2]
Diaro una siciliana ribelle (film) [3]
Donnie Brasco (film) [4] starring Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen and Bruno Kirby.
Hoodlum (film) [5] starring Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth and Andy García.
Jackie Brown (film) [6] starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton and Robert De Niro.
Suicide Kings (film) [7]
The Last Don (television miniseries) [8] starring Danny Aiello, Joe Mantegna, and Burt Young.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (documentary) [9]
Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia (non-fiction book) by Peter Maas.
Brother (film)
Face (film)
Matthew "Mike" Trupiano Jr., St. Louis mafia boss
January - Victor Spilotro, Chicago mobster and brother of Anthony Spilotro and Michael Spilotro
January 2 - Sam Carlisi "Wings", Chicago Outfit boss
June 7 - Sam DeCavalcante "The Plumber", boss of the New Jersey mafia family
August 28 - Masaru Takumi, founding head of the Takumi-gumi
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