Editing Paul Castellano (section)

=== Aftermath ===
Castellano was buried in the [[Moravian Cemetery]] in the [[New Dorp]] section of Staten Island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/12/20/Mourners-of-godfather-Paul-Big-Paul-Castellano-slipped-off/3261503902800/|title=Mourners of godfather Paul 'Big Paul' Castellano slipped off...|website=UPI|access-date=October 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091350/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/12/20/Mourners-of-godfather-Paul-Big-Paul-Castellano-slipped-off/3261503902800/|archive-date=October 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|Archdiocese of New York]] refused to grant him a [[Catholic funeral]], citing his notorious life and death.<ref name=mbdpbms>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FhwhAAAAIBAJ&pg=7124%2C2117375 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=Associated Press |title=Mobster denied public burial mass |date=December 20, 1985 |page=A19}}</ref><ref name=mogp>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/12/20/Mourners-of-godfather-Paul-Big-Paul-Castellano-slipped-off/3261503902800/ |work=United Press International |last=Pessin |first=Esther |title=Mourners of godfather Paul 'Big Paul' Castellano slipped off... |date=December 20, 1985 |access-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091350/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/12/20/Mourners-of-godfather-Paul-Big-Paul-Castellano-slipped-off/3261503902800/ |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="middle village">{{cite news|last=Feuer|first=Alan|title=Middle Village Journal; Sleeping With the Giants of the Mob|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/22/nyregion/middle-village-journal-sleeping-with-the-giants-of-the-mob.html?scp=10&sq=%22Paul+Castellano%22++church&st=nyt|access-date=January 4, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 22, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304150100/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/22/nyregion/middle-village-journal-sleeping-with-the-giants-of-the-mob.html?scp=10&sq=%22Paul+Castellano%22++church&st=nyt|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Two weeks after the murder, Gotti was elected as the new boss of the Gambino family.<ref name="shot by shot" /> [[Vincent Gigante]], the boss of the [[Genovese crime family|Genovese family]], was outraged that Gotti had killed Castellano without following Mafia protocol and solicited the help of [[Lucchese crime family|Lucchese family]] boss [[Anthony Corallo]] in carrying out a hit. On April 13, 1986, a car bomb meant for Gotti exploded outside a Bensonhurst social club, but the only casualty was Frank DeCicco.<ref name="bombing gotti">{{cite news|last=Raab|first=Selwyn|title=Defector Says Bomb That Killed Underboss Was Meant for Gotti|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/24/nyregion/defector-says-bomb-that-killed-underboss-was-meant-for-gotti.html?scp=1&sq=DeCicco%20bombing&st=cse|access-date=January 9, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 24, 1995|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921062602/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/24/nyregion/defector-says-bomb-that-killed-underboss-was-meant-for-gotti.html?scp=1&sq=DeCicco%20bombing&st=cse|archive-date=September 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=upida>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/04/17/Scores-of-tearful-friends-and-reputed-mobsters-mourned-the/7005514098000/ |work=United Press International |last=Andrew |first=Dan |title=Scores of tearful friends and reputed mobsters mourned the death of Frank DeCicco |date=April 17, 1986 |access-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121606/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/04/17/Scores-of-tearful-friends-and-reputed-mobsters-mourned-the/7005514098000/ |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gotti was arrested by the FBI in late 1990 on racketeering charges<ref name=gagnorch >{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qEJWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6874%2C3094561 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=(''New York Times'') |title=Gotti arrested again on rackets charges |date=December 12, 1990 |page=7A |access-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220030254/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qEJWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6874%2C3094561 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=mbgnb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cm4xAAAAIBAJ&pg=6197%2C3009377 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=wire dispatches |title=Mob boss Gotti nabbed by FBI |date=December 12, 1990 |page=2 |access-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220030324/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cm4xAAAAIBAJ&pg=6197%2C3009377 |url-status=live }}</ref> and denied bail 10 days later.<ref name=gtsphij>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XopRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3774%2C526985 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=wire reports |title=Gotti to spend holidays in jail |date=December 22, 1990 |page=A4}}</ref><ref name=jretgbpp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yHEjAAAAIBAJ&pg=3148%2C4118579 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=Associated Press |title=Judge refuses to grant bail for reputed mob boss Gotti |date=December 22, 1990 |page=A8 |access-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220030257/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yHEjAAAAIBAJ&pg=3148%2C4118579 |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 2, 1992, with the help of Gravano becoming a government witness, Gotti was convicted of numerous racketeering charges, including the 1985 Castellano murder.<ref name=spcgoguil>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2LgSAAAAIBAJ&pg=6073%2C175434 |work=Spokane Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Gotti guilty of murder, racketeering |date=April 2, 1992 |page=A1}}</ref><ref name=mtahgcn>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7U5XAAAAIBAJ&pg=6230%2C1348663 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Lubasch |first=Arnold H. |agency=(''New York Times'') |title=Mob takes a hit: Gotti convicted |date=April 3, 1992 |page=A1}}</ref><ref name="gotti guilty">{{cite news|title=John Gotti, Guilty at Last|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/03/opinion/john-gotti-guilty-at-last.html?scp=2&sq=gotti+convicted+castellano+murder&st=nyt|access-date=January 9, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 3, 1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301000002/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/03/opinion/john-gotti-guilty-at-last.html?scp=2&sq=gotti+convicted+castellano+murder&st=nyt|archive-date=March 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=tflnomil>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=35YWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6570%2C576551 |work=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=news services |title=Teflon no more |date=April 3, 1992 |page=3A }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=tblgv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UFhPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5886%2C609109 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |title=Gotti verdict opens door to rival mob |date=April 3, 1992 |page=1}}</ref> On June 23, 1992, Gotti was sentenced to life in federal prison,<ref name=gglfpsap>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XbkSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5871%2C3046398 |work=Spokane Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Gotti gets life prison sentence |date=June 23, 1992 |page=A1}}</ref><ref name=mcggls>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aE5XAAAAIBAJ&pg=5710%2C2937663 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=(''Washington Post'') |title=Mob chief Gotti gets life sentence |date=June 24, 1992 |page=A3 |access-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220030352/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aE5XAAAAIBAJ&pg=5710%2C2937663 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="gotti sentenced">{{cite news|last=Lubasch|first=Arnold H|title=Gotti Sentenced to Life in Prison Without the Possibility of Parole|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/24/nyregion/gotti-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-without-the-possibility-of-parole.html?scp=9&sq=gotti+sentenced&st=nyt|access-date=January 9, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 24, 1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301000018/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/24/nyregion/gotti-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-without-the-possibility-of-parole.html?scp=9&sq=gotti+sentenced&st=nyt|archive-date=March 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> where he died of [[throat cancer]] in 2002.<ref name=fmbdip>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gN1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=6649%2C2777222 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=news services |title=Former Mafia boss dies inside prison |date=June 11, 2002 |page=4A}}</ref><ref name=xcbjgdi>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WGZWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3817%2C5633 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spkane, Washington) |agency=wire reports |title=Ex-crime boss John Gotti dies |date=June 11, 2002 |page=A1 |access-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220030307/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WGZWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3817%2C5633 |url-status=live }}</ref> No one else was ever charged in the Castellano murder.