1991 in organized crime
Events
- April 13 - Gambino crime family soldier Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello was gunned down outside his Bensonhurst, Brooklyn home.
- August 9 – Antonio Scopelliti, the prosecutor scheduled to argue the government’s case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial before the Italian Supreme Court, is assassinated while on vacation in Calabria.
- August 29 – Libero Grassi, a Palermo business man who publicly defied the Mafia’s extortion racket is murdered in Palermo.
Arts and literature
- Billy Bathgate (film) starring Dustin Hoffman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci.
- Boyz n the Hood (film) starring Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube.
- Mobsters (film) starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham, Chris Penn and Anthony Quinn.
- Oscar (film) starring Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri, Joey Travolta and Sylvester Stallone
- New Jack City (film)
Births
Deaths
- June 24 - Philip Rastelli "Rusty", Bonanno crime family boss
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gollark: Oxygen.
gollark: I say we ban oxygen. It is involved in a large amount of fires, frequently used by criminals, a component of many explosives, and involved in lots of dangerous chemical reactions.
gollark: Politicians are in fact entirely incapable of gaining knowledge, so no.
gollark: Well then I refuse to recognize the Ceramic Wobblers.
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