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Anthony "Todo" Anastasio, Mafioso Convicted of Racketeering, Whacks Himself Rather Than Go to Prison

Monday, May 3, 2010 at 10:45 am
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​Todo Anastasio had it good -- relatively speaking. He'd been convicted of extorting a trucking company and a bakery. He been caught ordering the torching of a Dunkin' Donuts and picked up on tape boasting of the Gambino Family's control of the New York waterfront...

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Todo was the nephew of Albert Anastasia, head of the infamous Murder Inc. killing crew, who was gunned down in a New York barber shop
​For his convictions on racketeering, extortion and arson, he was looking at 20 years. But a judge sentenced the 81-year-old mobster to a mere 2 and a half years. You'd think he'd be sitting pretty.

But he apparently didn't want to go back to prison at his age. So on Friday he pumped two bullets into his heart in his Brooklyn kitchen. He was supposed to report to a federal pen next Monday.

He was in good health, so it wasn't like he was trying to beat cancer. But detectives say a suicide note indicated he'd rather be dead than spend the next two years caged.

See our last episode of Mob Watch: Daniel Marino, Mafia Boss, Charged with Murdering Nephew, Pimping Teens Online.

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