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	Thomas Bilotti
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		Thomas Bilotti (March 23, 1940 - December 16,1985) was a New York mobster who server as a driver and then underboss for the Gambino Family A minor loanshark, Bilotti was made the driver and body guard of Gambino boss Paul Castellano.
		In 1985, Bilotti and Castellano were gunned down outside Sparks Steak House in Manhattan, apparently on the orders of capo John Gotti.
	www.spock.com /Thomas-Bilotti (125 words)

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		The day before the assassinations of Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti were to take place, eleven conspirators met at Gravano's office on Stillwell Avenue.
		Bilotti steered the Lincoln into an open space in front of Sparks and got out.
		When the shooting began, the unarmed Bilotti stooped to look through the driver's side window only to see his boss's execution, unaware that killers were now aiming at him.
	www.crimelibrary.com /features/fea_printPage.asp?sect=7&curPage=&thisFile=/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/gotti/house_12.html (781 words)

	Aniello Dellacroce
		Two weeks to the day later Paul Castellano and one of his trusted capos, Thomas Bilotti, were gunned down outside a mid-Manhattan steak house.
		Castellano, who was likely to go to prison for a number of federal offenses, was planning to name Bilotti as underboss to take over as acting boss if need be.
		A police source was quoted, "When Dellacroce died, it left Gotti without a rabbi." It was a situation that forced Gotti to move with more than deliberate speed against Castellano.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/dellacroce.html (846 words)

	Jack Dunphy on John Gotti on National Review Online
		I gave no more thought to the place that evening until I watched the eleven o'clock news.
		The top story, with lots of video of covered bodies and blood trickling into the gutter, was the murder of mobsters Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti, who were gunned down on the sidewalk outside the restaurant where I had trod no more than an hour before.
		Any interference I might have offered surely would have been harshly met, and my trip to New York would have concluded prematurely and most unpleasantly, probably on a slab at the New York morgue in the disreputable company of two characters in shiny suits and see-through socks.
	www.nationalreview.com /dunphy/dunphy061102.asp (890 words)

	Random House \| Books \| Boss of Bosses by Joseph F. O'Brien and Andris Kurins
		But despite the thin veneer of sophistication, the Mob was still the Mob, and the assassination of Castellano and Bilotti might as easily have happened in the Chicago of Al Capone.
		Thomas Bilotti turned his boss's fl Lincoln onto Forty-sixth Street, and parked it directly in front of a No Parking sign; the car had a Patrolmen's Benevolent Association sticker on the windshield.
		Castellano and Bilotti were each shot six times in the head and torso.
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl/display.pperl?isbn=9780440212294&view=excerpt (5140 words)

	Paul Castellano
		When Paul Castellano and his driver, Thomas Bilotti, were shot to death in front of a steakhouse on New York's East Side on December 16, 1985, the story made headlines around the country.
		Overlooked in virtually all accounts was that the assassinations, as the men stepped from a Lincoln limousine, had been one of the easiest hits on a don and his bodyguard ever.
		Neither Castellano nor Bilotti were armed, and neither had taken even the simple precaution of having a backup car of armed gunmen for protection.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/castellano.html (1374 words)

	Frank Loscascio and John Gotti vs USA
		Gotti was charged with the following predicate acts: the conspiracy to murder and the murder of Paul Castellano; the murder of Thomas Bilotti; the conspiracy to murder and the murder of Robert DiBernardo; the conspiracy to murder and the murder of Liborio Milito; and obstruction of justice at the Thomas Gambino trial.
		Gotti and Locascio were also charged in separate counts for a conspiracy to obstruct grand jury investigations, bribery of a public servant, and a conspiracy to defraud the United States.
		Gotti argues that the sequestration of an anonymous jury denied him and Locascio a fair trial because of the district court's failure to adequately state the reasons for sequestration, and because of the prosecution's inflammatory use of the sequestration to influence the jury against Gotti.
	www.ipsn.org /court_cases/us_v_locascio_gotti_appeal.htm (11924 words)

	The Mafia Cops
		Lino was suspected by Casso to have been involved in the hit attempt on his life.
		Lino was also involved in the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano and his underboss Thomas Bilotti.
		Thomas Bilotti was a childhood friend of Stephen Caracappa.
	www.angelfire.com /blog/organizedcrime/lucchese/mafiacops.html (1534 words)

	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Investigative Programs - Organized Crime
		Dellacroce died of natural causes on December 2, 1985, and 14 days later Gotti had Castellano and his new underboss, Thomas Bilotti, murdered in gangland fashion in front of Sparks Steakhouse in Manhattan.
		The centerpiece of the case was the double homicide of Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti.
		The investigation established that this murder was orchestrated by John Gotti and executed by members of his crew who frequented the Bergen Hunt and Fish Social Club in the Ozone Park section of Queens, NY.
	www.fbi.gov /hq/cid/orgcrime/lcn/gambino.htm (628 words)

	Paul Castellano at AllExperts
		Second, Castellano then named his bodyguard, Thomas Bilotti, as the new Underboss.
		Although Bilotti was a loyal mobster, he was also a brutish loanshark with little diplomatic skills that would required to hold such a high rank within the organization.
		Within two weeks of Dellacroce's death, on December 16, Castellano and Bilotti were shot to death outside Sparks Steak House in Manhattan on the orders of John Gotti.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/pa/paul_castellano.htm (745 words)

	Last Days of the Gotti Gang
		Such lessons of the dangers of entering one’s car were not lost on Gambino Family Godfather Paul Castellano and his Underboss, Thomas Bilotti, a childhood friend of accused Mafia Cop Stephen Caracappa.
		On December 16, 1985, Bilotti alone entered Castellano’s car at his palatial Staten Island estate known as the ‘White House,’ located at the top of ‘Todt Hill,’ so named from early Dutch settlers, which translates ‘Death Hill.’ Bilotti inserted his key into the ignition and the automobile started up without incident.
		However, upon exiting their car at Sparks, both Godfather Castellano and Bilotti were executed by a hit team of John Gotti’s.
	www.carvelli.com /noFlash/gotti-gang.html (1338 words)

	Amid protests, construction begins on Sept. 11 memorial - The Boston Globe
		It is scheduled to be complete in 2009.
		Thomas Bilotti, a construction worker who lost friends at the trade center, said he was both ''sad and proud" to be part of the effort.
		But William Doyle, whose son was killed at the trade center, said: ''I don't care if the memorial is built in 2011.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/03/14/amid_protests_construction_begins_on_sept_11_memorial (585 words)

	Learn about mobster John Gotti.
		With Castellano facing prison charges and Dellacroce’s health fading, Castellano decided to name Thomas Bilotti a capo.
		This meant that he was now John Gottis equal and a more likely candidate to be name mob boss when Dellacroce passed away and Castellano went to prison.
		Within the next two weeks Castellano and Bilotti were outside of a Manhattan steak house when they were shot to death.
	www.history1700s.com /store/john-gotti.shtml (317 words)

	DIELAND: Mob: The Gambino Family
		Thomas (Tommy) Gambino is a college educated capo in his father's namesake family.
		Ruggiero would also lead a team of hitman to assasinate then boss Paul Castellano and driver/newly appointed underboss Thomas Bilotti in December 1985.
		Rampino was one of thehit man that participated in the murder of then boss Paul "Big Paul"Castellano and Thomas "Tommy" Bilotti in December 1985.
	members.fortunecity.com /sosdie/mob/family/gambino/gambino.htm (4532 words)

	NASCAR.COM - Daytona Countdown: '85 - Jan 30, 2005
		Thomas Patrick Cavanagh is sentenced to life in prison for attempting to sell stealth bomber secrets to the Soviet Union (May 23)
		Hostage Benjamin Weir was released in Iran on Sept. 15, but Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland were abducted in Lebanon -- and would not be freed until the end of 1991.
		Nine years later, he would be tried and acquitted for killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
	www.nascar.com /2005/kyn/01/28/daytona.1985/index.html (740 words)

	Construction of WTC memorial draws new protest
		Dozens of workers started to clean the memorial site, checking the World Trade Center footprints for damage and installing protective coverings over parts of the original foundation to begin building the memorial.
		Thomas Bilotti,one of the construction workers at the site, said he was "sad and proud" to be part of the effort.
		"It's about time that somebody's working here," said Bilotti.
	en.ce.cn /World/Americas/200603/14/t20060314_6365695.shtml (413 words)

	Bilotti ancestry
		Nov 20, 2007 - This is the Bilotti page of genealogy information.
		01 - Overnor Mcgreevey Addresses Convocation Of Italian American Groups - that the objective was to instill in the next generation a sense of pride in their ancestry vice chair angelo morresi and commissioners richard bilotti and william connell ph d
		03 - Grammar Police - the italian us based collector carlo bilotti is in discussions with rome city council to i don apos t think there apos s any ancestry to disclose michael apos s abstraction is different from
	www.museumstuff.com /family-history/names/Bilotti.php (248 words)

	Thomas Bilotti (1940 - 1985) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Thomas Bilotti (1940 - 1985) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Bilotti was Underboss for two short weeks from Dec. 2 until Dec.16,1985 when he and Paul Castellano were shot to death while exiting their car in front of Spark's Steakhouse in Manhattan.
		The Virtual Flowers feature has been turned off for this memorial because it was being continually misused.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmpid=499&GRid=5907& (80 words)

	The Players
		Thomas Bilotti - briefly underboss of Gambino crime family, murdered in 1985.
		James Cardinali - confessed murder and a star witness against Gotti.
		Frank DeCicco - replaced Tommy Bilotti as underboss of Gambino's, murdered April 1986.
	members.aol.com /Hitman0187/mafia.html (344 words)

	December 16 in History - Historical Events
		The Romanian Revolution begins in the city of Timiand#351;oara as a protest against an attempt to evict a dissident priest.
		In New York City, Mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead, making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the Gambino family.
		American Civil War: Union troops led by General George Thomas defeat Confederate troops in the Battle of Nashville.
	www.spiritus-temporis.com /16-december/on-this-day.html (450 words)

	Joe Watts Had Good Reason To Smile
		He has, however, been a close associate of three successive Gambino bosses -- Gotti, Paul Castellano and Carlo Gambino -- and has possessed the power and respect usually reserved for capos.
		said Watts took part in the 1985 killings of Castellano (left) and key aide Thomas Bilotti and was given the customers in Bilotti's loanshark book as a reward.
		Combined with his own loansharking business, Watts raked in $28,000 to $32,000 a week from 1986 to 1994, according to what Borghese has told the FBI and is prepared to say at Watts's trial.
	www.ganglandnews.com /column224.htm (975 words)

	GANGSTERS INCORPORATED (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Paul Castellano waited too long to settle the matters surrounding John Gotti's drugdealing crew.
		On December 16, 1985 Castellano and his Underboss Thomas Bilotti pulled up in front of Manhattan's Sparks Steak House for a meeting with fellow mobsters.
		A hit team was waiting and killed both men in front of the restaurant.
	gangstersinc.tripod.com /AmericanMurderScenes/Bilotti.html (64 words)

	Gambino Family
		He let it be known that he wanted Carlo Gambino's son Thomas to take over the family should he be sent to jail, with Thomas Bilotti (Castellano's chauffeur and bodyguard) as his underboss, which further enraged the Dellacroce faction.
		On December 16, Bilotti and Castellano were heading for a meeting with capo Frank DeCicco at the Sparks Steak House on East 46th Street, when they were gunned down by four unidentified men in the middle of rush hour.
		In the early 1990s, took over Thomas Gambino's crew based in the Garment District, with operations in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Connecticut.
	www.artistopia.com /gambino-family (2814 words)

	Trials Why Is "Sammy the Bull" Singing? -- TIME (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sometimes I just talked about it." Foremost among these rubouts: the 1985 murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano and his bodyguard Thomas Bilotti outside a New York City steak house -- an execution that put Gotti in the top job.
		Gravano says he and Gotti planned the killing because Castellano had got too greedy and "was selling out the family for his own basic businesses." According to Gravano, he and Gotti watched the shooting from behind the tinted windows of a Lincoln Continental parked nearby, then coolly drove past the bullet-riddled bodies.
		Recounted Gravano: "I looked down at Tommy Bilotti ((and)) I said he was gone."
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,975098-2,00.html (714 words)

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		John Gotti aka the Dapper Don as he was called by his friends because of the expensive clothes he always wore or the Teflon Don as he was called by law enforcement agencies because no charge would "stick" until he was arrested and convicted in 1992.
		He devised the murders of Gambino family mob boss Paul Castellano and underboss Thomas Bilotti.
		He is now serving a live sentence for various mob related crimes.
	www.wfu.edu /history/StudentWork/fysprojects/blusk/gottipg.htm (73 words)

	Definition of Thomas Bilotti
		Thomas Bilotti (1940 - December 16,1985) was an underboss of Gambino Family and driver of Paul Castellano's.
		He was killed along with Castellano outside Sparks Steak House in 1985, apparently on the orders of John Gotti.
		The list of authors can be found here.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Thomas_Bilotti (116 words)

	Where is Salvatore Gravano?
		Gotti was placed in solitary confinement, 23 hours each day with one hour for exercise after federal authorities argued that he was still running the Gambino Family business during the trial.
		Gravano was the prosecution's chief witness, testifying for nine days, detailing the killings of Gotti's predecessor Paul Castellano and his close aide and bodyguard Thomas Bilotti, both shot dead in front of Sparks Steak House on Dec. 16, 1985.
		Gravano testified that he and Gotti plotted the killings, the two watching from their parked car nearby.
	www.ipsn.org /gravano.html (517 words)

	The American Mafia - New York Crime Bosses
		His brother Thomas is murdered a year later.
		1969 - Thomas Eboli (1911 to July 16, 1972).
		Castellano and his driver Thomas Bilotti were murdered Dec. 16, 1985, outside of Sparks Steak House in Manhattan.
	www.onewal.com /maf-b-ny.html (2713 words)

	03_23.htm
		Union members told the Post Joseph Gotti has worked as an elevator operator at numerous sites.
		Also reportedly on Local 1's union's roster are James Bilotti, a nephew of Thomas Bilotti, gunned down in the 1985 murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano, and two relatives of longtime Gambino member Louis Valerio, who was an associate of mob turncoat Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano.
		Dissident members told the Post that kickbacks and no-show jobs have been a union staple for years.
	www.nlpc.org /olap/UCU2/03_23_03.htm (449 words)

	The Daily Targum - Guide To Infamous NYC
		Located at 210 E. 46th St., you can visit the exact spot in which Thomas Bilotti and Paul Castellano were murdered.
		Bilotti had just been appointed the new underboss of the Gambino mob family.
		So, as you are enjoying your delicious steak dinner, you can look out the window and imagine these two mobsters getting shot in the very place you are eating!
	www.dailytargum.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=439be218-c466-48f8-8189-9dec3fd99000 (451 words)

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