Gambino family
The Gambino family is a legendary New York City mafia family, one of the Five Families on the commission that controlled organized crime in New York for many years. The leader of the Gambino family was Carlo Gambino. When he died he left the leadership of the family to his cousin Paul Castellano. The family withered under Castellano's rule and was almost wiped out by the FBI in the mid 1980s.
After Castellano was shot to death outside Sparks Steak House in Manhattan, John Gotti assumed power. Gotti was popular with the public, and well known for embracing the spotlight and playing to the media. He earned the nickname "The Teflon Don" after a string of indictments failed to land a conviction. Gotti was eventually convicted after Sammy "the Bull" Gravano turned states' evidence and testified against him.
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