1999 in organized crime
Events
- FBI surveillance captures footage of Las Vegas strip club owner Rick Rizzolo, in Chicago, discussing gambling and construction "interests" with Joseph "Joe the Builder" Andriacchi, John "No Nose" DiFronzo, Rudy Fratto, Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo and William Messino.[1]
Arts and literature
- Analyze This (film)[2] starring Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow and Chazz Palminteri.
- Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (film)[3] starring Martin Landau, Bruce Ramsay, Tony Nardi and Costas Mandylor.
- Excellent Cadavers (film) starring Chazz Palminteri and F. Murray Abraham.
- Lansky (film) starring Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Anthony LaPaglia, Max Perlich, Beverly D'Angelo, Matthew Settle and Stanley DeSantis.
- Mickey Blue Eyes (film) starring Hugh Grant, James Caan, Burt Young, Joe Viterelli, Vincent Pastore, Frank Pellegrino, John Ventimiglia.
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (film)
- In Too Deep (film)
- Payback (film)
- The Boondock Saints (film)
Births
Deaths
- March 18 – Gerlando Sciascia "George from Canada", Bonanno Family Captain
- July 14 – Joseph Colozza, Gambino crime family Capo and Longshoreman labor union racketeer
- August 5 – Jimmy Brown (James Failla), Gambino crime family Capo and labor union racketeer
- August 25 – Louis R. Failla, Patriarca crime family soldier
gollark: And they're inefficient and bad at menial labour.
gollark: Oh, so now you need twice the food and twice the humans, great.
gollark: As I said, humans require sleep and probably other stuff for long-term function, they're just not good for slave-type tasks.
gollark: You're still having to provide food, and humans do respiration and whatnot which make carbon dioxide.
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References
- R. Scott Moxley, 'Dirty, Stupid or Both' Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine OC Weekly Apr 26 2006
- Analyze This IMDb
- Bonanno: A Godfather's Story IMDb
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