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Vito Bonventre
Vito Bonventre (1875-July 15, 1930) was a New York mobster involved in bootlegging with Brooklyn mobster Cola Schiro thoughout Prohibition and later served as underboss to Salvatore Maranzano during the Castellammarese War. During the early months of the war, Bonventre became a target as the Brooklyn-based Castellmmarese began to threaten Joe "the Boss" Masseria's domination over Italian organized crime and he was eventually gunned down by Masseria gunmen outside his garage on July 15, 1930.
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