It’s possible he was killed and is mistaken for a Anthony desimone ( which no records of him exist ) 1960s photo. “The DeCavalcantes have been around for more than 100 years, and like the notorious Five Families, they never seem to die. Thomas desimone ( L) And Roland desimone Tommys brother (R) he died in 1975 at age of 31.
Like a lot of other crime families, the DeCavalcantes have had to deal with a slew of turncoats and canaries. Still, they boast around 40 made men and around 50 associates and have maintained strong alliances with the Gambinos, Philly and the Patriarca crime family in New England. The DeCavalcante family isn’t the powerhouse it once was, and some in law enforcement argue the organization’s criminal tool box hasn’t kept pace with Asian, Russian, and African mobsters. One snitch quoted the doomed hitman just before he was whacked: “I’m sorry, I hope everybody doesn’t blame me.” They did. A witness jotted the number down and noted that the killer tossed the guns into a stream. But according to the Daily Beast, the dumbfella hitman stole license plates belonging to the wife of a fellow gangster.
