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Events

Jack Diamond "Legs", New York Prohibition gangster ^[1]
John Lazia, Kansas City gang leader and enforcer for political boss Tom Pendergast
Paul Ricca (Paolo deLucia) "The Waiter", Chicago Outfit leader
Joseph Zerilli, Detroit crime family leader and former Eastside Gang and Pascuzzi Combine member
February 6 – Louis Buchalter "Lepke", National Crime Syndicate member^[2]
February 20 – Nick Licata, Boss of the Los Angeles crime family
April 7 – Walter Winchell, New York organized crime journalist
October 2 – Joseph Profaci "Olive Oil King", Profaci crime family founder and Cosa Nostra leader^[3]
November 24, Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Salvatore Lucania), National Crime Syndicate founder and New York Mafia Don
November 27 – Vito Genovese, Genovese crime family founder and Cosa Nostra leader.

^ Levine, David (22 October 2021). "Legs Diamond: A History of Kingston's Most Notorious Gangster". Hudson Valley Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
^ Berger, Meyer (5 March 1940). "Lepke's Reign of Crime Lasted Over 12 Murder-Strewn Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
^ "Profaci Dies of Cancer". The New York Times. 8 June 1962. p. 32. Retrieved 2022-04-22.