Nicholas Bianco

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Nicholas "Nicky" Bianco (21 March 1932 – 14 November 1994) was a New York mobster and a member of the Colombo crime family who later moved to New England.

Bianco was associated with Colombo family renegade Joey Gallo before joining the Patriarca crime family in Providence, Rhode Island. Bianco became one of Raymond L.S. Patriarca's leading hitters and eventually his underboss. In December 1991, Bianco was convicted of racketeering in Hartford, Connecticut, and sentenced to 11 1/2 years in prison.

In November, 1994, Nicholas Bianco died of Lou Gehrig's disease at the Medical Center for Federal prisoners in New York.

[edit] References

• Succession of Power Courtroom Television Network LLC. Retrieved on 18 December 2006.
• Nicholas Bianco. Howie Carr. Retrieved on 18 December 2006.
• November 16, 1994 New York Times: Nicholas Bianco; Crime Family Figure, 62]

[edit] External links

• American Mafia: All about the Providence Mob by Allen May
• New York Times: Nicholas Bianco; Crime Family Figure, 62

Preceded by Raymond Patriarca, Jr.

Patriarca Crime Family Boss 1991

Succeeded by Frank Salemme