Frank James Burke
Frank James Burke-Conway (c. 1960/61 in Rockaway, Queens c. 1960/61 – May 18, 1987 in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, United States) was a Gambino crime family mob associate and the son of mobster Jimmy Burke.
Read more about Frank James Burke: Mob Relations, Biography, Entry Into Organized Crime, Death, Exclusion From Goodfellas
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