- One of 13 children.
- Older brother of former Gambino boss John Gotti.
- Around 1960 he started working as an associate for the Gambino crime family. He was inducted into the Gambino crime family in 1986.
- Was twice convicted of racketeering in federal court, in 2004 and 2005 and was due to be released from custody in 2031.
- Was serving a 25-year sentence for a federal racketeering conviction in the Butner Federal Prison in North Carolina when he died.
- Boss of the Gambino crime family in the US Mafia/LCN officially in June 2002. He was replaced by Dominic Cefalu in July 2011.
- In March 2003 he was convicted of extortion, money laundering and racketeering activities centered on the Brooklyn and Staten Island waterfronts, and for the attempted extortion of film actor Steven Seagal.
- His "legal" job was as a New York City sanitation worker.
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