Events December 7 – Philadelphia crime family captain Joseph Sodano, based out of Newark, New Jersey, was shot to death for hiding money from the administration.
Arts and literature The Funeral (film) starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Vincent Gallo, Benicio del Toro and John Ventimiglia Gotti (film) starring Armand Assante, William Forsythe, Frank Vincent, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore and Tony Sirico The Last Don (novel) by Mario Puzo Last Man Standing (film) starring Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken and Michael Imperioli Last Man Standing (film) Mad Dog Time (film) starring Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Burt Reynolds and Billy Drago Bound (film) Fargo (film) Set It Off (film) The Substitute (film) Deaths March 12 – Jack "Spot" Comer, Jewish-English gangster (83) April 13 - James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, Lucchese Family associate known for the Lufthansa heist.Obituary: "'Jimmy the Gent' Burke, Lufthansa Heist's Kingpin," Newsday, April 17, 1996. December 7 – Joseph Sodano, Philadelphia crime family captain
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