The Lucchese crime family is nearly matched with the Genovese crime family, in terms of cleverness, efficiency, secrecy, and craftiness. The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano Reina serving as boss up until his murder in 1930. It was taken over by Gaetano Gagliano during the Castellammarese War, and led by him until his death in 1951. The family under Gagliano was peaceful and low key, concentrating its criminal actives in the Bronx, Manhattan, and New Jersey. The next boss was Gaetano Lucchese, who turned the family around to became one of the most powerful families to sit on the Commission. Lucchese teamed up with Gambino crime family boss Carlo Gambino to control organized crime in New York City. When Lucchese died of natural causes in 1967, Carmine Tramunti controlled th