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- NAME: Lucky Luciano
- OCCUPATION: Organized Crime Boss
- BIRTH DATE: November 24, 1897
- DEATH DATE: January 26, 1962
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Sicily, Italy
- PLACE OF DEATH: Naples, Italy
- Originally: Salvatore Lucania
- AKA: Charlie Luciano
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Lucky Luciano was an Italian-born American mobster best known for engineering the structure of modern organized crime in the United States.
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