Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011
John Gotti
He is widely considered the last of the Hollywood-style mobsters, a man who could waltz into court dressed to the nines and waltz back out, acquitted. "Dapper Don" was named boss of the Gambino crime family in the mid-1980s, and soon became known as "Teflon Don" for his ability to avoid prison. Charges, people said, just wouldn't stick. That was until the FBI embarked on a crusade to get John Gotti behind bars on numerous charges, including racketeering and murder. He was eventually sentenced to life in prison in 1992 and remained in jail until his death from cancer a decade later.