Gaspar DiGregorio
c.1905 to June 11, 1970
DiGregorio, a relative of the Bonannos and Magaddinos, seized control of the Bonanno crime Family in New York after Joe Bonanno disappeared in the early 1960s. Joe Bonanno's son fought the takeover and the so-called Banana Wars were the result.

Joe Bonanno re-emerged in 1966 and promised to get his Family in order. The Commission, which had initially welcomed DiGregorio's takeover of the Bonanno clan (Carlo Gambino, Tommy Lucchese, Stefano Magaddino and Joe Colombo may have encouraged DiGregorio in order to destablize the Bonannos who often stood in their way), quickly withdrew their support.

DiGregorio was ousted, suffered a heart attack and became entirely unimportant in the underworld. His rebellious faction within the Bonanno Family was briefly led by Paul Sciacca.

After several years of quiet living with family on Long Island, DiGregorio succumbed to lung cancer at St. John's Hospital in Smithtown on June 11, 1970.

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