Anthony Casso
American organized-crime figure
Also known as: Anthony Salvatore Casso
Anthony Casso (born May 21, 1942, Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.—died December 15, 2020, Tucson, Arizona) was an American organized-crime figure who was suspected of complicity in the killing of at least three dozen people and ordering the deaths of many others. Nicknamed “Gaspipe,” he was a Lucchese crime family underboss who at one point was a government informant, though law-enforcement officials later effectively sentenced him to life in prison. Casso grew up...