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'''Anthony C. Strollo''', AKA '''Tony Bender''' (18 June 1899 - Disappeared 8 April 1962) was a New York mobster and underboss in the Genovese (formerly Luciano) crime family. | |Image = AnthonyStrollo.JPG | ||
|fullname = Anthony C. Strollo | |||
|alias = Tony Bender | |||
|origin = New York City, New York, United States | |||
|occupation = Genovese crime family ''capo'' | |||
|type of villain = Gangster | |||
|goals = | |||
|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug trafficking]] | |||
|hobby = | |||
}}'''Anthony C. Strollo''', AKA '''Tony Bender''' (18 June 1899 - Disappeared 8 April 1962) was a New York mobster and underboss in the Genovese (formerly Luciano) crime family. | |||
== Mob career == | == Mob career == | ||
Anthony Strollo was born in New York City, the son of Calabrian immigrants Leone and Giovannina Nigro. Strollo grew up in Manhattan near the Manhattan Bridge. | |||
Strollo had two brothers, Emilio and Dominick. He married a woman named Edna Goldenberg, who bore him several children. Strollo was a cousin of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania mobster Lenny Strollo and Dante Strollo, a member of the Youngstown, Ohio, Cosa Nostra family. | |||
Strollo was of medium height and weight with sandy brown hair. Associates described him as usually having a doleful look. Strollo's legitimate job was that of a real estate salesman. | |||
During Prohibition, Strollo worked as a hitman for mob boss [[Giuseppe Masseria]]. During the Castellammarese War, a war between mobsters over control of the Castellammarese mob, Strollo defected to Masseria's rival [[Salvatore Maranzano]], serving as his lieutenant and hitman. Maranzano ultimately won the war when Masseria was killed by assassins, only to himself be assassinated by his right-hand man [[Charles Luciano|Charles "Lucky" Luciano]], who took over Maranzano's mob. Strollo subsequently began working for Luciano. | During Prohibition, Strollo worked as a hitman for mob boss [[Giuseppe Masseria]]. During the Castellammarese War, a war between mobsters over control of the Castellammarese mob, Strollo defected to Masseria's rival [[Salvatore Maranzano]], serving as his lieutenant and hitman. Maranzano ultimately won the war when Masseria was killed by assassins, only to himself be assassinated by his right-hand man [[Charles Luciano|Charles "Lucky" Luciano]], who took over Maranzano's mob. Strollo subsequently began working for Luciano. | ||
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[[Category:Drug Dealers]] | |||
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[[Category:Thugs]] | |||
[[Category:Assassins]] | |||
[[Category:Murderer]] | |||