Episode 943
Russell Bufalino
Mon, 2019-Dec-02 01:17 UTC
Length - 1:45
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With 175,241 views on Sunday, 1 December 2019 our article of the day is Russell Bufalino.
Russell Bufalino (born Rosario Alberto Bufalino; Italian pronunciation: [roˈzaːrjo alˈbɛrto bufaˈliːno]; October 29, 1903 – February 25, 1994) also known as "McGee" and "The Old Man", was an Italian-American mafioso who became the boss of the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family known as the Bufalino crime family, which he ruled from 1959 to 1989. Despite the family being small, Bufalino was a significant influence in the national Cosa Nostra criminal society. He was a cousin of attorney William Bufalino, the longtime counsel for Jimmy Hoffa.
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