- Will be on federal parole for the rest of his life.
- Counts The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) among his favorite films. Ironically, he killed Paul Castellano, uncle of cast member Richard S. Castellano.
- In September 2017 he was released early from federal prison after serving most of a 20-year sentence for drug-related convictions in Arizona and New York.
- Parents were originally from Sicily. His father jumped ship in Canada and eventually illegally emigrated to the US where he eventually ran a dress factory.
- Was drafted into the US Army in 1964.
- Began his criminal career originally as a mobster for the Colombo crime family before changing allegiance to the Brooklyn faction of the Gambino family.
- Has Graves disease, a condition in which the body's immune system attacks the thyroid gland, leaving victims hairless, weak or with bulging eyes, before attacking vital organs with deadly results.
- In February 2000 he and nearly 40 others -including his ex-wife Debra, daughter Karen, and Gerard-were arrested on federal and state drug charges. He was implicated by informants in his own drug ring, as well as by recorded conversations in which he discussed drug profits with Debra and Karen.
- He was listed as being in the Arizona state prison system at a CO Special Services unit. He was initially scheduled to be released in March 2019; however, he was released early on 9/18/17. In December 2020 he started a YouTube channel and a podcast titled" Our Thing".
- By the late 1990s he had re-engaged in criminal activity. He partnered with a local youth gang known as the "Devil Dogs". He started a major ecstasy trafficking organization, selling over 30,000 tablets and grossing $500,000 a week.
- Second-in-command to New York Mafia boss John Gotti. When Gravano was arrested on a variety of federal charges along with Gotti, he decided to turn states' evidence and cooperate with the government in exchange for placement in the Witness Protection Program--mainly because he feared Gotti was going to have him killed because he knew too much about Gotti's criminal activities--thus becoming the highest-ranking Mafia boss ever to become a cooperating witness. He testified in court against Gotti and confessed to having committed 19 murders on Gotti's orders (although authorities suspected him of committing quite a bit more than 19).
- Father of Karen Gravano.
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