Deaths
- Michele Miranda "Mike", Genovese crime family
- February 13 - Frank Costello (Francesco Castiglia), New York mobster and leader of the Luciano crime family
- May 22 - Jimmy McBratney, New York criminal
- August 28 - Joe Diamond (Natale Evola), New York's "Bonanno Crime Family" leader and New York labor racketeer
- December 20 - Richard Cain, member of the Chicago Outfit and former Chicago police officer
Read more about this topic: 1973 In Organized Crime
Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)