Albert Anastasia (born Umberto Anastasio; September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957), was an Italian Gangster, and hitman for the American Mafia in New York, and known for controlling Murder Inc and later the Gambino crime family through 1951 to 1957. His assassination is still today one of the most notorious mob slayings in history. during his era, Albert Anastasia was one of the most violent, ruthless, and dangerous mobsters in the American Mafia, and in America. Anastasia was responsible for single-handedly murdering 600 people, and ordering 3,000 to 5,000 murders. Former NYPD Police Detective Ralph Salerno said of Anastasia: "Anastasia put the fear of god in his associates, other gangsters, Civilians, and even Police, Judges, Jurors, prosecutors and FBI Agents were terrified of him because