Former Gotti Capo Died Last Week
Big George DeCicco Gambino capo George "Big George" DeCicco died late last week of natural causes, according to a New York Daily News report published today that also noted he was 85. DeCicco was part of former crime boss John Gotti 's inner circle, according to law enforcement sources noted in the article. He headed a crew in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. DeCicco's son, Robert, made newspaper headlines himself back in June of 2007. He was shot in one of two attempted Mafia rubouts that occurred in the same week in Brooklyn, where the Mafia once dominated, prompting the New York Times to run a story headlined: “ Onetime Mob Stronghold Hears Echo of the Old Days .”