Joseph Paruta, also known as "Old Man" and "Sammy Gravano's Personal Luca Brasi" (December 3, 1929-October 1986 Brooklyn, New York) was a mobster in the Gambino crime family and considered a "key member" of Sammy Gravano's Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew. He is the only known mobster who asked for a mercy killing after becoming terminally ill with lung cancer. The proposition was agreed upon but Paruta died before the mercy killing was performed.
Read more about Joseph Paruta: Biography, Premature Aging, Cancer, Initiation Into Gambino Crime Family, The Death of Joseph D'Angelo, Loyalty To The Dellacroce Faction and Gravano, Plot To Murder Castellano and Bilotti, Standing Up For Sammy Gravano, Gangland Slaying of Robert DiBernardo, Gangland Slaying of Nicholas Mormando, Mercy Killing, Replaced By Louis Vallario, In Popular Culture
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