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Vincent The Chin Gigante. The Chin — Vincent Gigante Vincent gigante, Wise guys, Crime family His reign was highlighted by guile and ruthlessness Chin's star kept rising throughout the 1970s as he became deeply involved in "labor racketeering, loansharking, extortion and bookmaking," per National Crime Syndicate.In the 1980s Gigante was named head of the Genovese family when then-boss Philip Lombardo retired while.

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Mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, the powerful Mafioso who avoided jail for decades by wandering the streets in a ratty bathrobe and slippers, feigning mental illness, died Monday in prison Mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, the powerful Mafioso who avoided jail for decades by wandering the streets in a ratty bathrobe and slippers, feigning mental illness, died Monday in prison Gigante ended up serving five years in prison after a 1959 narcotics conspiracy charge stuck, the New York Times reported

Fear City Who were New York’s five crime families and leaders during Mafia ‘golden age. Even with the doorman's identification, however, prosecutors couldn't secure a conviction since Costello. Vincent Louis Gigante (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ ɡ æ n t i / jig-AN-tee, Italian: [dʒiˈɡante]; March 29, 1928 - December 19, 2005), also known as "Chin", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005

Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, boss of the Genovese crime family r/Mafia. Vincent Gigante, also known as "The Chin" or "The Oddfather," was arguably one of the most powerful crime bosses in American crime history 19 December 2005 in Springfield, Missouri), alleged organized crime boss who long avoided prosecution by virtue of his demonstrable mental instability.As the third of five sons born to Salvatore and Yolanda Gigante, who were immigrants from Naples, Italy, Gigante grew up in Little Italy, a neighborhood near Greenwich Village.