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- NAME: Carlos Marcello
- OCCUPATION: Organized Crime Boss
- BIRTH DATE: February 06, 1910
- DEATH DATE: March 03, 1993
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Tunis, Tunisia
- PLACE OF DEATH: Metairie, Louisiana
- Originally: Calogero Minacore
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Carlos Marcello was best known as the mob boss of New Orleans, and for the FBI's investigation of his possible involvement in JFK's assassination.
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Carlos Marcello grew up in the mysterious milieu of New Orleans in the early 20th Century to become the city's mafia boss for almost four decades.
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