… He also barred family members from speaking his name. Instead, they were to point to their ears when referring to hima nod to how Genovese boss Vincent Gigante told his men to point to their chins rather than use his name. Remembering how close Pistone/Brasco had come to actually becoming m...
…In early 1957, Genovese decided to move on Costello. On May 2, 1957, gunman Vincent Gigante shot and wounded Costello outside his apartment building.[29] Although the wound was superficial, it persuaded Costello to relinquish power to Genovese and retire. Genovese now controlled what is now ...
Vincent Louis Gigante also known as "the Chin", was a New York Italian-American mobster in the American Mafia. Gigante started out as a professional boxer ...