Vito Bonventre
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Vito Bonventre (1875-July 15, 1930) was a New York mobster involved in bootlegging with Brooklyn mobster Cola Schiro throughout the Prohibition era.
Bonventre later served as underboss to New York mob boss Salvatore Maranzano during the Castellammarese War. During the early months of the war, Bonventre became a target as the Brooklyn-based Castellammarese began to threaten Joe "the Boss" Masseria's domination over Italian organized crime. On July 15, 1930, Bonventre was gunned down by Masseria gunmen outside his garage.
[edit] In popular culture
A second cousin of mob boss Joseph Bonanno, Bonventre was portrayed by John Vamvas in the 1999 television movie Bonanno: A Godfather's Story.
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Categories: 1875 births | 1930 deaths | Bonanno crime family | People from Castellammare del Golfo | Sicilian-American mobsters | Murdered Sicilian-American mobsters | Mobsters killed during the Castellammarese War | Prohibition-era gangsters | Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Queens) | United States crime biography stubs
