Oragnized Crime Figure. He was part of "Murder Incorporated", a group of professional killers who worked solely for the National Crime Syndicate in the 1930s. The killers received assignments and payments to murder total strangers in the New York area or anywhere in the country, murdering anyone selected by the syndicate board. Murder, Inc. was destroyed when Murder Inc., hitman Abe Reles turned informant in 1940. Anastasia went on to become head of the Gambino crime family in the 1950s. He was shot to death in the barber shop of the Park Sheraton Hotel, now called the Park Central Hotel.
Oragnized Crime Figure. He was part of "Murder Incorporated", a group of professional killers who worked solely for the National Crime Syndicate in the 1930s. The killers received assignments and payments to murder total strangers in the New York area or anywhere in the country, murdering anyone selected by the syndicate board. Murder, Inc. was destroyed when Murder Inc., hitman Abe Reles turned informant in 1940. Anastasia went on to become head of the Gambino crime family in the 1950s. He was shot to death in the barber shop of the Park Sheraton Hotel, now called the Park Central Hotel.
Family Members
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Bartolomeo Anastasio
1859–1929
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Wanda K. Guilott
1927–1986
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Joseph Anastasio
unknown–1956
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Luigi Anastasio
unknown–1965
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Anthony Anastasio
1906–1963
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