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Untitled
editI'm sorry to bother the author of this article but I was curious as to why Genovese Crime Family article is redirected here. Shouldn't it be redirected to the Genovese Family article (or vice versa ?) 209.213.71.78 19:08, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Question
editIs that a typo where one paragraph he weighs 126 pounds and then the very next he weights 300 pounds with no mention of anything in between? REGULAR-NORMAL (talk) 05:04, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Feigning?
editThe article is unequivocal about the idea that Gigante was feigning his illness. Was this ever proven? presumably it was legally since he went to prison but shouldn't the article be more equivocal about the reality of his insanity?
- In 2003 he acknowledge that he was faking it as part of a deal to avoid further charges. Clippership (talk) 13:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Costello
editThere is no mention of Gigante's attempted assassination of Frank Costello on May 2, 1957 while Gigante was Vito Genovese's driver. What's up with that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.199.250.34 (talk) 19:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Clean up
editI have cleaned this article up to bring it in line with Wikipedia:Manual of Style, including:
- remove repeated links and links to plain English words per WP:CONTEXT
- reduce length of links to actual article title by eliminating abuse of link piping
- remove links to date per MOS:SYL
- removed links to acronyms
- fixed capitalization of headings per WP:MOS
Family Life
edit"...Yolonda Santasilia-Gigante (1902-May 10, 1997), a seamstress and maternal nephew of Dolores Santasilia." It appears to be an error since Vincent Gigante's mother Yolanda is described as a "nephew" and of what significance is Dolores Santasilla? Dick Kimball (talk) 17:25, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Vincent or Vincente?
editWhat is the correct name? --Chricho ∀ (talk) 02:06, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
- Vincent. --Ted87 (talk) 02:36, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Minor detail
editThe article says Gigante would wear a bathrobe, slippers, and pajamas as he was walking around Greenwich Village. In fact, my dad, who was a federal prosecutor during the 80's, says that during this time period Gigante was infamous for wearing a bathrobe and slippers, with nothing underneath, and flashing FBI agents that attempted to question him; this was apparently so that they would have to put the fact that he had "exposed himself" in their reports. This may be a small detail, but I think it goes to showing just how elaborate Gigante's hoax was and why it was so difficult to prosecute him. I really wish I could find a source for this. Quodfui (talk) 23:18, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
- He was probably referencing this incident: "An official who tried to serve Gigante with a subpoena once entered his mother's apartment and found the gangster naked in the shower--with an umbrella over his head."[1] Quodfui (talk) 23:35, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
References
- ^ Behar, Richard (3 September 1990). "Is the Godfather Insane, or Crazy Like a Fox?". TIME Magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2013.