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Vincent Gigante

ヴィンセント・ジガンテ　/　ゔぃんせんと・じがんて

American boxer and crime figure

March 29, 1928 – December 19, 2005　・　Manhattan, New York, United States

From New York
Boxer

My Take

Vincent Gigante is one of the strangest figures in American organized-crime history, and not just because he started out as a boxer. The 'Oddfather' act, shuffling around the Village in a bathrobe and muttering to himself for years to dodge prosecutors, was either genuinely unhinged or one of the longest cons the mob ever ran, and most people lean toward the con. As Genovese boss he kept an iron grip while playing crazy in plain sight. It's a chilling reminder of how cunning could hide behind apparent madness for decades before the law finally caught up.

Overview

Vincent Gigante (March 29, 1928 - December 19, 2005) was an American who was born in Manhattan, New York, and began his career as a professional boxer. He is best remembered as the boss of the Genovese crime family, where he was nicknamed 'The Oddfather' and 'The Chin' for famously feigning mental illness, wandering Greenwich Village in a bathrobe, in an effort to evade prosecution. He was eventually convicted and died in federal prison in 2005.

1. Profile

Name (English): Vincent Gigante
Name (Japanese): ヴィンセント・ジガンテ
Reading: ゔぃんせんと・じがんて
Born: March 29, 1928 – December 19, 2005
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Dragon
Origin: Manhattan, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: Boxer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86

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