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King of the Godfathers: "Big Joey" Massino and the Fall of the Bonanno Crime Family

THE LAST OF THE BIG-TIME MOB BOSSES-AND THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL

He was the last of his kind-an old-world mob boss steeped in omert , the mob code of silence. While his arrogant friend John Gotti was being secretly recorded by the FBI, Joseph Massino, head of the Bonanno family, quietly became known as "The Ear" by ordering his men to point to their ear instead of saying his name out loud.

For more than twenty years Massino ran what was called the largest criminal network in the U.S., employing over 250 made men and untold numbers of associates. The Bonanno family was responsible for over 30 murders, even killing a dozen of its own members to settle scores. Massino ran a tight organization, obsessively checking his social club for bugging devices, frustrating FBI surveillance. But in the end Massino would be brought down from the inside, by the underboss who was not only his closest and most trusted friend—but a member of his blood family.

Based on exclusive interviews with Massino's famil

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Joseph Charles "Big Joey" Massino (10 January 1943–14 September 2023) was boss of the Bonanno crime family from 1991 to 2004, succeeding Philip Rastelli and preceding Vincent Basciano.

Biography[]

Joseph Charles Massino was born and raised in Queens, New York City, New York, and he became a protege of Mafia made man Philip Rastelli. Following the 1979 assassination of Carmine Galante, Rastelli took over the Bonanno crime family, and Massino moved from being a truck hijacker to being a murderer. In 1981, he arranged the killings of Philip Giaccone, Dominick Trinchera, and Al Indelicato, and he later had his rival Dominick Napolitano hit. In 1991, while he was sent to prison for a 1986 labor racketeering conviction, Rastelli died, and Massino took over as boss. Upon his release a year later, Massino set about rebuilding his family, and he was reckoned as the most powerful Mafia boss at the turn of the millennium. In July 2004, "The Last Don" was convicted in a murder and racketeering indictment, and his own underboss and brother-in-law Salvatore Vitale testified against him.

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Joseph Massino

American mobster (1943–2023)

Joseph Massino
Massino's 2003 FBI mugshot
Born	Joseph Charles Massino (1943-01-10)January 10, 1943 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	September 14, 2023(2023-09-14) (aged 80) Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
Other names	"Big Joey" "The Ear" "The Last Don" "Gigi" "Joe Wagons" "Joe Maspeth" "Ralph Rogers"
Occupation	Crime boss
Predecessor	Philip Rastelli
Successor	Vincent Basciano
Spouse	Josephine Vitale Massino (m. 1960)
Children	3
Relatives	Salvatore Vitale (brother-in-law)
Allegiance	Bonanno crime family
Conviction(s)	Labor racketeering (1986) Murder (2004, 2005) Arson, extortion, loansharking, illegal gambling, money laundering (2004)
Criminal penalty	10 years' imprisonment (1987) Life imprisonment (2005)

Joseph Charles Massino (January 10, 1943 – September 14, 2023) was an American mobster. He was a member of the Mafia and boss of the Bonanno crime family from 1991 until 2004, when he became the fi