RIP, Anthony "Skutch" Lino, Yes, THAT Lino.....
COSA NOSTRA NEWS EXCLUSIVE Anthony "Skutch" Lino, a longtime Avenue U habitué who frequented Nicky (Black) Grancio's "Mother Cabrini Educational Center" social club and lived in the apartment above it, died on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Skutch Lino, RIP.... Grancio, a Colombo capo, was murdered in cold blood during the third Colombo war by Gregory Scarpa. One of the brothers of Eddie, Robert, Joseph and Frank, Anthony Lino was an associate with the Bonanno and Colombo crime families. What's up with his nickname? Well, it's like this: Skutch (rhymes with "butch") means "pest" and comes from the Italian word, "scocciare" (pron. skoh-CHA-reh), which means " to bother or annoy." And that was Skutch, the "forgotten" Lino who lasted on the street much longer than say Eddie and Frankie. (Wikipedia and the Mafia Wiki sites don't know he existed). He is remembered for answering the d...