Carlos Marcello

1910–1993 (age 83)

mob boss

Biography

Carlos Marcello became a nationally known figure in New Orleans, his life story mirroring the city’s tangled history of power, secrecy, and the forces that shaped them.

He spent his final years in Metairie, where neighbors recall his intensity and contributions to a complex chapter of the region’s past, and he now rests at Metairie Cemetery.

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