I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.

Gambino boss
Identified as both Paul Castellano's likely murderer and his successor John Gotti rose to fame throughout 1986. In 1973 after Carlo Gambino's nephew Emanuel Gambino was kidnapped and murdered John Gotti was assigned to the hit team alongside Ruggiero and Ralph Galione for the main suspect Irish-American gangster James McBratney. By 1998 when he was indicted on racketeering John Gotti Jr.

Gotti died of throat cancer on June 10 2002 at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield Missouri. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole and was transferred to United States Penitentiary Marion. Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age.