Sammy "The Bull" Gravano

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Salvatore Gravano was born on March 12,1945, the son of Caterina and Giorlando, otherwise known as Kay and Gerry, both from Sicily. Kay came over as a child while Gerry came through from Canada as an illegal alien. Salvatore was the last of five children born to the couple. While Salvatore was a child the family dropped the name Salvatore and opted for "Sammy" because the child reminded everyone of an uncle with the same name. Sammy and his family lived on 78th Street in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York. At an early age, Sammy was dyslexic, while attending Public School 186 in Brooklyn Sammy began his hate for authority and love for crime. As Sammy struggled with his problems of reading and writing whenever he was teased he would resort to violence by hitting anyone who teased him. Sammy received a new bicycle for his 10th birthday due to his carelessness it was stolen from him by two older and bigger kids who were noticed riding it a few days later. Sammy angered over his new present being stolen quickly ran up to the boys and beat them both up. Around the corner were a few wise guys of a local mob who witnessed it all and ran over to stop the boys. After Sammy was pulled away and the older beat up boys wer

Gravano was in need of more money. He now had a family to support and wanted to get his financial status back together. Gravano continued to make money himself and his mafia mentor, Toddo Aurello. Gravano was set up to work along side Aurello once out of jail and steer clear of the Colombo family. Aurello soon proposed for "Sammy the Bull" to become a member of the Gambino family.

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Approximate Word count = 2360
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)

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