Death
Vario died on May 3, 1988, at age seventy-three, while incarcerated at Fort Worth Federal Prison in Texas. He was serving a ten to twelve year sentence for convictions largely gained through the testimony of former Lucchese associate Henry Hill.
He is buried at St. John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York.
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