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(Thursday, April 2, 1992, 1:19 p.m. EST) — John Gotti was found guilty of five murders, conspiracy to commit murder, racketeering, obstruction of justice, tax evasion, illegal gambling, extortion, and loansharking today in a swift, stunning verdict in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, New York, that crushed his reputation for eluding conviction as boss of the Gambino crime family.

Gotti, who was given the nickname “The Teflon Don” after three high-profile trials in the 1980s resulted in his acquittal, wore the same tight-lipped smile he had maintained throughout the trial as the jury forewoman began reading out the verdicts against him and his co-defendant, Frank Locascio, at 1:19 p.m. EST, after only 13 hours of deliberation over two days.

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There were six murders among the charges against Gotti, including that of his predecessor as the head of the Gambino crime family, Paul Castellano, who was shot dead, along with his associate Thomas “Tommy” Bilotti, in front of Sparks Steak House on East 46th Street in Manhattan on Dec. 16, 1985.

He would be sentenced to life in prison without parole and transferred to United States Penitentiary, Marion in southern Illinois. While in prison, Gotti died of throat cancer on June 10, 2002, at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.