John Favara | |
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Born | March 4, 1929 |
Disappeared | July 28, 1980 (aged 51) New York City, U.S. |
Status | Missing for 43 years, 9 months and 10 days; declared dead in absentia in 1983 | (aged 53–54)
John Favara (March 4, 1929 – disappeared July 28, 1980, declared dead in 1983) was the backyard neighbor of Gambino crime family captain and later boss John Gotti, in Howard Beach, New York, United States, who disappeared on July 28, 1980, over four months after he struck and killed Gotti's 12-year-old son, Frank Gotti, by car as he darted into the street on a motorized minibike, on March 18.