Philip Mangano (born Filippo Mangano; ; April 13, 1898 – April 19, 1951) was an Italian-born

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and second

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in what was then the

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in New York City and reigned consigliere for 20 years between 1931 and 1951 when his brother,

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, was boss. Mangano was involved with the

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and in New York City politics. In 1923, Mangano was indicted on murder charges, but was never convicted.

Death

Mangano disappeared on April 19, 1951. That same day, a woman in a fishing boat discovered Philip Mangano's body in a

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area of Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn while she had been walking through the tall grass. Mangano had been shot three times; once in the neck and twice in the face. He, along with his brother

, who disappeared that same day, are believed to have been murdered on the orders of family

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Albert Anastasia Umberto "Albert" Anastasia (, ; ; September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957) was an Italian-American mobster, hitman, and crime boss. One of the founders of the modern American Mafia, and a co-founder and later boss of the Murder, Inc. organizat ...

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in 1951.New York, Family - Gambino (Mangano)
/ref> No one was ever arrested in the Mangano murders, but it was widely assumed that Anastasia had them killed.

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* 1898 births 1950s missing person cases 1951 deaths Deaths by firearm in Brooklyn Gambino crime family Italian emigrants to the United States Murdered American gangsters of Sicilian descent Gangsters from Palermo People murdered in New York City Male murder victims Unsolved murders in the United States {{US-crime-bio-stub

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