Danny Greene

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Daniel John Patrick Greene (November 14, 1933 – October 6, 1977) was an Irish-American mobster in Cleveland, Ohio, whose conflicts with the Cleveland crime family of the Italian-American Mafia ended in Greene's murder in 1977. Greene initially built a close working relationship with Jewish-American organized crime figure Shondor Birns, as neither of them could become a "made" man in the mafia due to lack of Italian ancestry. Greene gained power in the local chapter of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), where he was elected president during the early 1960s. He later became a full-time crime boss and began competing with the Cleveland crime family and one-time friend Shondor Birns for control of the city's criminal underworld. Greene set up his own crew called the Celtic Club, and allied with outlaw biker gangs, effectively becoming the Irish mob in Cleveland, and the Italian-American Mafia's main competitor. Celtic identity became Greene's trademark in the underworld. During...

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