Jerry Capeci's Oct. 27, 1940 - June 10, 2002 John Gotti, a former truck hijacker from Queens, burst on the scene after his Mafia boss was blown away in midtown Manhattan during the height of the evening rush hour. A few days later, when Gotti showed up dressed to the nines for a previously scheduled court appearance and reporters asked if he was now the boss of the Gambino family, Gotti smiled ...