Albert Anastasia

Albert Anastasia (February 26 1902–October 25, 1957), also known as the "Mad Hatter" and "Lord High Executioner", was a Mafia boss chiefly remembered for running the contract-killing syndicate known as Murder, Inc.

Trivia

• It is generally regarded that the barbershop murder of Albert Anastasia inspired the scene in the 1972 film The Godfather – based on the novel by Mario Puzo – where the character Moe Green, a Las Vegas casino proprietor, is gunned down in a massage chair by two masked hit men. In fact, Green himself had worked for Murder, Inc. in the novel.
• Anastasia was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, in Section 182, Lot 38325.
• During the Murder, Inc. years, Anastasia's business card claimed that he was a "sales representative" for the Convertible Mattress Corporation in Brooklyn, New York.