Thomas “Tommy” Gambino, the eldest son of crime family founder Carlo Gambino, has died.
He was 94 years old.
The longtime Upper East Side resident died Oct. 3 of natural causes.
The New York Times reported in 1992 that the mob captain had “at least $75 million in cash, bonds and blue-chip stocks.”
He was the nephew of “Big Paul” Castellano, who succeeded Carlo as head of the family, but was eliminated in 1985 by order of Gambino’s eventual godfather, John Gotti.
Tommy Gambino arrived at Sparks Steakhouse on East 46th Street moments after Castellano and his driver, Tommy Bilotti, were shot to death outside the restaurant.
Tommy Gambino, once described as the “quintessential mob prince of New York City,” was convicted in 1993 of two counts of racketeering and conspiracy to control gambling and loan shark operations in Connecticut.
He was in federal prison from 1996 to 2000.
Prosecution evidence at his trial included secretly recorded conversations with mob traitor Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano.
Thomas’s younger brother Joseph, who never grew to be a man, died in 2020 at the age of 83.
Thomas, an Upper East Side resident, was in federal prison from 1996 to 2000.AP
In 1992, the brothers, owners of the trucking monopoly Consolidated Carrier Corporation on West 35th Street and several businesses in the Garment District, were charged with corporate corruption and 52 counts of theft, extortion, coercion and restraint of trade, resulting in which meant a possibility of 25 years in prison if convicted.
Then-Assistant District Attorney Eliot Spitzer led the investigation that ultimately brought them down, “discovering a way to get into the duo’s office to plant a bug: using Con Ed trucks on a fake repair call, picking locks, turning off alarms.” and evade motion detectors, and then listen to hundreds of hours of tapes,” according to New York Magazine.
The brothers reached a plea deal, agreeing to fork over $12 million in fines and restitution and sell their trucking businesses.
“I send my deepest condolences to his family,” Spitzer told The Post.
Thomas married Frances, the daughter of mob boss Tommy Lucchese, who is now 92 years old. They had one son, Thomas Jr., 63 years old.
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