Organized crime boss who became a major media celebrity. After an extensive operation that cost $75 million, Gotti, who had repeatedly eluded the law, was finally convicted of murder and racketeering in 1992. As a repeat offender, he was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole and sent to federal prison in Marion, Illinois, where he died in 2002. Mailing envelope, 6.5 x 4.5, with Gotti’s handwritten signature (“Gotti”), prison number, return address, and recipient‘s address, postmarked December 10, 1997. In very good condition, with postmark over signature and return address and a touch of scattered soiling. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
