Angelo Lonardo

Angelo Lonardo

Angelo Lonardo (1911 - April 1, 2006) was a Cleveland crime family mobster who later became the acting boss of the family in the early eighties. After his arrest in 1983, Lonardo became a government informant and went on to testify against his former colleagues as well as several mob figures throughout the United States. Lonardo, together with Jimmy Fratianno, the acting boss of the Los Angeles crime family were the highest ranking mobsters to become federal witnesses, until Gambino crime family underboss, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano during the early 1990s. He eventually went into the federal witness protection program, but left it to return to Cleveland. Angelo Lonardo died in his sleep on April 1, 2006, aged 95 years old. [ [http://www.americanmafia.com/Feature_Articles_343.html Angelo "Big Ange" Lonardo,One-time Highest-Ranking Mobster to Become a Federal Witness, Dead at age 95] ]

References

*Porrello, Rick. "To Kill the Irishman: The War that Crippled the Mafia". Novelty, Ohio: Next Hat Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9662508-9-3


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