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Former Philadelphia mob boss "Little Nicky" Scarfo dies in prison

Published  January 17, 2017 12:35pm EST
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, whose reign over the Philadelphia Mafia in the 1980s was one of the bloodiest in its history, has died at a federal medical center in North Carolina, a prison spokeswoman said Tuesday. He was 87.

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