1991 in organized crime

Events

• April 13 – Gambino crime family soldier Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello was gunned down outside his Bensonhurst, Brooklyn home.
• August 9 – Antonio Scopelliti, the prosecutor scheduled to argue the government’s case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial before the Italian Supreme Court, is assassinated while on vacation in Calabria.
• August 29 – Libero Grassi, a Palermo businessman who publicly defied the Mafia’s extortion racket is murdered in Palermo.

Arts and literature

• Billy Bathgate (film) [1] starring Dustin Hoffman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci.
• Boyz n the Hood (film) [2] starring Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube.
• Mobsters (film) [3] starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham, Chris Penn and Anthony Quinn.
• Oscar (film) [4] starring Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri, Joey Travolta and Sylvester Stallone
• New Jack City (film)

Births

Deaths

• June 24 – Philip Rastelli "Rusty", Bonanno crime family boss^[1]

References