Nicola Gentile, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicola Gentile

American mobster

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1885

Place of Birth: Siculiana, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 06-Nov-1976

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Nicola Gentile (Italian pronunciation: [ni'k??la d?en'ti?le]; June 12, 1885 – November 6, 1976), also known as Nick Gentile, was a Sicilian mafioso and an organized crime figure in New York City during the 1920s and 1930s.
He was also known for publishing his memoirs which, violating the mafiosi code known as omerta, revealed many details of the Sicilian and American underworld.
Gentile was born in Siculiana, a small village on the south coast of Sicily in the province of Agrigento.
He immigrated to the United States arriving in New York at age 18, in 1903.
Gentile fled the country in 1937 while out on $15,000 bail after an arrest for heroin trafficking and returned to Sicily to become a boss in the Sicilian Cosa Nostra.
In the US, he was known as "Nick" and in Sicily as "Zu Cola" (Uncle Cola).