Gaspare Messina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGaspare Messina
American mobster
Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1879
Place of Birth: Sicily, Italy
Date of Death: 15-Jun-1957
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Gaspare Messina
- Gaspare Messina (Italian pronunciation: ['gaspare mes'si?na]; August 7, 1879 – June 15, 1957) founded the New England Mafia that would later be known as the Patriarca crime family.
- He immigrated to Brooklyn from Sicily with his wife in 1905.
- Messina and his family arrived in Boston by 1915 and retired as head of the Boston Mafia in 1932.
- He was succeeded by Phil Buccola.
- Messina died on June 15, 1957, in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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