Organized crime boss (born 1940) 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. ALS on the interior of a 5 x 7 greeting card, no date. Gotti writes to Barbara. In part: “As for that yellow punk rat [i.e., Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, born 1945, Gambino crime family member whose turn as an FBI informant helped put Gotti in jail], he was reading the script that the government drafted for him. He’s a born punk rat…. Tom wrote that you were first diagnosed to have cancer…. I’m sure you’ll beat this horrible disease … all it takes is courage—and the will to do so….” After signing, Gotti adds a humorous postscript: “Excuse the card, it’s the best I can do in this hotel!” In very fine condition. RRAuction COA.
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