mobsters Genovese and Costello worked for the Luciano crime family. Genovese developed a grudge against Costello after Genovese fled to Italy in the late 1930s, leaving Costello to take over the ...

The real Frank Costello, who died in 1973 at the age of 82 — a year older than De Niro is now — was the boss of the Luciano crime family. Vito Genovese took over the family in 1957 ...

He went on to become the leading member of Luciano's crime family, which later became the Genovese crime family. Frank Costello was a member of the Luciano crime family, who after moving to the ...