November 30, 1942 - Nicholas Calabrese
A longtime member of the Chicago Outfit, Calabrese participated in numerous murders before becoming the government's most damaging witness against the organization — the first "made man" to break the code of silence and testify from inside its ranks. His cooperation in the Family Secrets trial exposed decades of buried crimes and resulted in convictions of senior Outfit figures. The decision to turn federal witness made him both a landmark figure in organized crime prosecution and, by the standards of the world he came from, a profound betrayal.
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Nicholas W. Calabrese (November 30, 1942 – March 13, 2023) was an American mobster and hitman, best known for being the first "made man" to testify against the Chicago Outfit. His testimony and cooperation with federal prosecutors helped result in the 2007 murder convictions of mobsters Joseph Lombardo, James Marcello, and his own brother, Frank Calabrese Sr.
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