Happy Mother’s Day, mob moms!

AP photo by Louis Lanzano
Victoria Gotti, mother of John Gotti Jr., exits Manhattan federal court in September 2005.

Mother's Day was the most important holiday on mobster Jimmy “The Gent” Burke's organized crime calendar. Each and every Mother’s Day until he landed behind bars he performed a sacrosanct ritual. Burke, the mastermind behind the $5.8 million Lufthansa heist immortalized in “Goodfellas,” dropped a few C-notes on dozens of red roses from a Rockaway Boulevard florist. He then toured the homes of his jailed Luchese crime family pals, providing their mothers with a bouquet and a kiss. He never missed a year, or a mom.

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