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Anthony “Tough Tony” Anastasio

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Anthony “Tough Tony” Anastasio

Birth
Tropea, Provincia di Vibo-Valentia, Calabria, Italy
Death
1 Mar 1963 (aged 57)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot
St. Michael, System CEM, Section MICH, Row 75, Plot 27
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Organized Crime Figure. He was a powerful labor boss and racketeer on the Brooklyn waterfront. He was Vice-president of the International Longshoremen's Association and the head of local 1814 of the ILA in Brooklyn during the 1940s and 1950s. Brother of Mafia figures Albert and Frank Anastasia.
Organized Crime Figure. He was a powerful labor boss and racketeer on the Brooklyn waterfront. He was Vice-president of the International Longshoremen's Association and the head of local 1814 of the ILA in Brooklyn during the 1940s and 1950s. Brother of Mafia figures Albert and Frank Anastasia.

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IN MEMORY OF
MY BELOVED HUSBAND
GIUSEPPE LACQUA
DIED JULY 23, 1927
PHILIP 1935 HELEN 1938
MARY 1940 ROSE 1958
1896 ANTHONY 1964
1912 LEO 1977
ANTHONY ANASTASIO
1906 - 1963
LACQUA

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Mar 11, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8826/anthony-anastasio: accessed ), memorial page for Anthony “Tough Tony” Anastasio (24 Feb 1906–1 Mar 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8826, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.