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Joe Masseria assassination

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Lucky Luciano lured Masseria to his favorite restaurant here in Cony Island called  Nuova Villa Tammaro where Masseria was killed by  Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Vito Genovese, Albert Anastasia, and Joe Adonis.  The address of the restaurant was 2715 West 15th Street, Brooklyn.  The restaurant no longer exists.

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Joe Masseria

Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria was an early Mafia Boss in New York City. He was boss of what is now called the Genovese crime family, one of the New York Mafia's Five Families, from 1922 to 1931. He waged a bloody war to take over the criminal activities in NYC, gaining considerable power for himself. He eventually was killed in 1931. Masseria appears in the movies Lucky Luciano (1973) (played by Alessandro Sperlì) and Mobsters (1990) (played by Anthony Quinn) and the television drama series Boardwalk Empire, where he is portrayed by actor Ivo Nandi.

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