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carmine galante death Carmine Galante had a mental age of 14 and an IQ of 90, but successfully ruled the Mafia's narcotics trade with an iron fist. On a hot July afternoon in 1979, he went for a leisurely lunch in Brooklyn, only to come out in a bodybag. Carmine Galante (Italian: [ˈkarmine ɡaˈlante]; February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was an American mobster. Galante was rarely seen without a cigar hanging from his mouth, leading to the nickname "The Cigar" and "Lilo" (a Sicilian term for cigar). Galante had a long career in organized crime and rose to acting boss (unofficial) of the Bonanno crime family. He was assassinated in 1979 while dining in a restaurant. In 1953, boss Joseph Bonanno sent Galante to Montreal, Quebec to organize the family’s drug business and rackets there. He worked with Vincenzo Cotroni of the Cotroni crime family in the French Connection. The Bonannos were importing huge amounts of heroin by ship into Montreal and then sending it into t