who was the teflon don
Teflon Don redirects here. For the Rick Ross album, see Teflon Don (album). John Joseph Gotti Jr. (October 27, 1940 - June 10, 2002) was an Italian-American gangster who became boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti and his brothers grew up in poverty and turned to a life of crime at an early age.