Feb 9, 2010 Article by Joseph Fosco | 245 comments

The ‘No Nose’ Knows Better Than John ‘Teflon Don’ Gotti

John ‘No Nose’ DiFronzo and John ‘Teflon Don’ Gotti are like night and day. DiFronzo likes to kill quietly, Gotti liked to kill with a bang. DiFronzo drives a pickup truck. Gotti was chauffeured around in a sedan. DiFronzo dresses like a sales clerk that works at a cheap shoe store. When he goes out on the town, which is usually to a wedding or some other party, DiFronzo will throw on one of his 1970s sport coats. Gotti liked to dress as if here were attending the Academy Awards, even if he was taking a walk around the block.

Gotti enjoyed the limelight very much. He wanted everyone to know he was the boss. DiFronzo despises attention and rejoices every time he sees people like the late Joe Ferriola catch the heat in the newspapers as if he were boss. DiFronzo always towered Ferriola in Outfit stature. Not very many people were aware of this. Ferriola’s own family thought he was the boss of bosses – and that is how DiFronzo likes it (again feriolla is dead).

Gotti murdered his boss Paul Castellano and DiFronzo merely conspired with Joe Aiuppa to murder Outfit boss Jack Cerone (though it was not necessary as Cerone died on his own). Gotti killed any man that would look at his wife the wrong way. DiFronzo is rumored to have murdered his wife’s first husband because he wanted her instead. Gotti dated younger women, while DiFronzo dates old hens.

Gotti fixed juries when he was under indictment. DiFronzo does not seem to need to, as he appears to magically avoid indictments. Gotti trusted the wrong person and it ended his reign of terror. So far, DiFronzo seems to have trusted the right people. Gotti brought his son in to the rackets. DiFronzo never considered it for a minute.

Gotti is long gone, while DiFronzo remains here living a simple life, consisting largely of drinking enough alcohol at the Loon Café almost every day to barely drive home. I suspect he does not feel threatened by River Grove Police Chief Rodger Loni’s Police Department.

There is no question that the better gangster is DiFronzo. No matter what, both gangsters will face the burning gates of Hell for the rest of eternity. We know Gotti has already begun his sentence. Amen.