Today in History: The Real Godfather.. buried
October 18, 2006
For all you Godfather Lovers:
Carlo Gambino (1902 - 1976)
A.K.A:“Defacto Boss of Bosses, The Godfather”
From the BBC website, ON THIS DAY:
1976: Funeral of Mafia boss held in NY
“The funeral of Carlo Gambino, the ‘boss of the bosses’ in the Mafia, has taken place in New York. Mr Gambino, considered the most powerful of the leaders of the American Mafia, died in his sleep at his home on Friday . It is thought he suffered a heart attack.
The funeral, which was ticket-only, was held at the Church of Our Lady of Grace in a quiet, residential area of Brooklyn….
…Carlo Gambino, in a $7,000 (£4,400) bronze coffin, was buried next to his wife Catherine who died in 1971. The death of Mr Gambino had long been expected following his recent spate of heart trouble.”
In Context
“It is widely believed the character of Don Vito Corleone played by Marlon Brando in Mario Puzo’s ‘The Godfather’ is based on Carlo Gambino.
As well as being the head of the five New York families Carlo Gambino was also on the National Mafia Commission which governed the affairs of the 26 American families. He was considered to be very influential in this role.”
Click here for complete article.
Gambino may have been a bad person but I say Kudos for being an inspirations for a timeless piece of movie magic..
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”
I wonder if Kuwait ever had a Godfather figure those days.. a pearl diving or merchant Godfather.. or what about today ? do we have a Gotti amongst us ? someone on a smaller scale ? I don’t know one.. hmm have one in mind ?
I just wonder..
October 18, 2006 at 1:12 pm
Allah yir7oma!
As for a Kuwaiti Godfather, I think there was one by the name of Saqer Al-Ghanim! A Godfather due to his reputation as being a fair yet strict man not a crook! I think he was head of the Kuwaiti army way back in the day!
October 18, 2006 at 1:40 pm
this blog is taking a turn to the dark side
October 18, 2006 at 2:03 pm
like you dont know that I’M the Godfather.. its no secret honey.. you can tell the others :)
October 18, 2006 at 5:36 pm
yes we still do have one.. but he decided to stay in silence.
October 18, 2006 at 6:16 pm
Shil salfa?!
October 18, 2006 at 6:23 pm
LOOOOL
We have “Al Imbara6oor”
I wanna STRONG TOUGH man like that!
October 18, 2006 at 6:47 pm
Wow! that better be a reeeaaallll good looking coffin!
October 18, 2006 at 7:04 pm
I like that Mr.Gambino,, nafs elmwasfat elly adawer 3leeha:P alla yer7omaaa…
Now for the Kuwaiti Godfather,, yes darling there is i’ll whisper it to u ba3deen mo hnee ;)
but don’t till anybody,, its a secret :P
October 19, 2006 at 1:23 am
Thats a cool thing about seeing a bad guy in a different light. Its what makes life so interesting! The other side of things is that they had an affect on life.. they were colorful..
In kuwait we have pillers.. pillers of kuwait .. we dont have mob bosses or things like that.. but we do have people who helped put our constitution together.. we have people who introduced the best banks in the middle east.. we had openness in this country once.. we had good people.. but now we have more bad people then good people..
October 21, 2006 at 10:07 am
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I like your new look :P Nice story, and wish I had an answer for you, sadly I don’t :)
October 21, 2006 at 10:18 am
kuwait has al imbra6oor :P
7000$, mo chinna shwaya 3alaih?
guess it was a lot back then :P
anyways mabrook 3ala il switch :P
3asaha bidat sail 3ala wordpress :)
tc
December 29, 2006 at 1:21 pm
i have been looking at the godfaters fam for to days now i was looking at ther wedings marlon bando give us that nohow wot it was like for Carlo Gambino