Tommy Eboli
1911 to July 16, 1971.
"Tommy Ryan"
Eboli held the reins of the Genovese crime Family in New York from around 1962 until his assassination in 1972.
Eboli initially served the Family as a management team member while Vito Genovese was in prison. (Genovese died behind bars in 1969).
Eboli was reportedly disliked by the ambitious and meddlesome Carlo Gambino. Gambino appears to have had a role in Eboli's assassination at his girlfriend's Brooklyn home on July 16, 1972.
After Eboli's demise, the apparent leadership of the Family passed to Gambino's preferred contender Franceso "Funzi" Tieri. But, behind the scenes, the Genovese Family orders were reportedly being issued by Phil Lombardo. So began a tradition of leadership secrecy in the Genovese clan.
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