The Dapper Don. A cocky kid from the streets of East New York, he rose to become one of the most feared men in the nation. Establishing a power base through brillant politicking and blood-chilling ruthlessness, at 45 he took control of America's richest, most powerful crime family following the gangland-style execution of his predecessor. Though the target of almost continuous FBI and police surveillance, he has spent little time in prision..and has nver been convicted of racketeering, drug trafficking or murder.--as of 1990