Thomas “Tommy” Gambino, the eldest son of the founder of the Carlo Gambino crime family, has died.
He is 94 years old.
The longtime Upper East Side resident died Oct. 3 of natural causes.
The New York Times reported in 1992 that the Mafia captain had “at least $75 million in cash, bonds and fancy stocks.”
He is the nephew of “Big Paul” Castellano, who succeeded Carlo as head of the family but was ousted in 1985 at the behest of Gambino’s godfather, John Gotti.
Tommy Gambino arrived at Sparks Steakhouse on East 46th Street shortly after Castellano and his driver, Tommy Bilotti, were shot dead outside the eatery.
Tommy Gambino, once described as the “principal Mafia kingpin of New York City,” was convicted in 1993 of two counts of racketeering and conspiracy to control gambling and loan shark operations in Connecticut.
He served time in federal prison from 1996 to 2000.
The prosecution’s evidence at his trial included secretly recorded conversations with mafia turncoat Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano.
Thomas’ younger brother Joseph, who was never artificial, died in 2020 at the age of 83.
Thomas, an Upper East Side resident, went to federal prison from 1996 to 2000.AP
In 1992, the brothers — who owned the trucking monopoly Consolidated Carrier Corporation on West 35th Street with several companies in the Garment District — were charged with corporate bribery and 52 counts of robbery, extortion, coercion and restraint of trade, which carries a possible 25 years in prison if found guilty.
Then-assistant district attorney Eliot Spitzer led the investigation that eventually brought them down, “finding ways to break into the two offices to plant bugs — by using Con Ed trucks on fake repair calls, by picking locks, setting off alarms, and evading motion detectors — then listening to hundreds of hours of tapes,” according to New York Magazine.
The brothers accepted a plea deal, agreeing to pay a $12 million fine and restitution and sell their trucking business.
“My condolences to his family,” Spitzer told The Post.
Thomas is married to the daughter of Mafia boss Tommy Lucchese, Frances, who is now 92 years old. They have one son, Thomas Jr., 63 years old.
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