Vito Bonventre | |
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| Born | January 1, 1875 |
| Died | July 15, 1930 (aged 55) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot |
| Other names | "The King"[1] |
| Occupation | Mobster |
| Relatives | Giovanni Bonventre (cousin) Cesare Bonventre (nephew) |
| Allegiance | Schiro crime family |
Vito Bonventre (January 1, 1875 – July 15, 1930)[2] was a New York City mobster who was a leading member of the Brooklyn gang that would later become the Bonanno Crime Family. He was arrested but then released in 1921 as the leader of a group known as the "Good Killers". Bonventre was murdered in 1930 at the start of a conflict between his gang and a rival gang led by Joe Masseria, referred to as the Castellammarese War.
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