Eboli initially served the Family as a management team member while Vito Genovese was in prison. (Genovese died behind bars in 1969).
Eboli was disliked by the ambitious and meddlesome Carlo Gambino. Gambino appears to have had a role in Eboli's assassination at his girlfriend's Brooklyn home on July 16, 1972.
After Eboli's demise, the leadership of the Family apparently passed to Gambino's preferred contender Franceso "Funzi" Tieri. But, behind the scenes, the Genovese Family orders were reportedly being issued by Phil Lombardo.
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