1976 SPECIAL REPORT: “CARLO GAMBINO FUNERAL“

Donate To The Channel: $hezakyanewz# PATREON: Carlo Gambino died in the early morning hours of Friday, October 15, 1976, at his home in Massapequa, New York, having watched the television broadcast of the New York Yankees winning the American League pennant the previous evening. The official cause was natural causes; however, his death was not unexpected, given a recent history of heart disease. Cusimano & Russo Funeral Home hosted his wake on October 16 and 17, 1976. His funeral mass was held on October 18, 1976, at the Church of Our Lady of Grace in Brooklyn. Gambino was then entombed within his family’s private room in the Cloister building of Saint John’s Cemetery, Queens in New York City. He is interred beside his wife, Catherine, who had died in 1971. Gambino left behind sons Thomas, Joseph and Carlo, and daughter Phyllis. Longtime associate Charles Luciano and many other lifetime friends are also interred in Saint John’s Cemetery. After leading the Gambino crime family for 20 years, and the Commission for more than 15 years, Gambino left a crew estimated to be 500 soldiers and 1,000 associates. Some sources state that Gambino’s funeral was attended by at least 2,000 people, including police officers, judges and politicians, and that his funeral motorcade exceeded 100 vehicles.