November 14, 1897 - Paul Ricca
Ricca spent four decades near or at the apex of the Chicago Outfit, a duration that outlasted rivals, law enforcement campaigns, and multiple leadership transitions. His influence was largely invisible by design — operating through intermediaries and maintaining a low public profile even as a Senate subcommittee identified him in 1958 as the most significant criminal figure in the country. That combination of longevity and deliberate obscurity made him one of the most consequential figures in American organized crime.
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Paul De Lucia (born Felice De Lucia, Italian: [feˈliːtʃe de luˈtʃiːa]; November 14, 1897 – October 11, 1972), known as Paul Ricca (, Italian: [ˈrikka]), was an Italian-American mobster who served as the alleged nominal or de facto leader of the Chicago Outfit for 40 years. In 1958 he was named "the country's most important criminal" by a Senate crime investigating subcommittee. Ricca died on October 11, 1972.
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