Gangster Mobster Danny Greene “The Irishman” Original TYPE I Photo SUPER RARE

Danny Greene (November 14, 1933 – October 6, 1977) was an Irish-American mobster from Cleveland, Ohio known for his fierce independence and violent conflict with the Cleveland crime family. Greene rose from working as a longshoreman and union leader to forming his own crew, the Celtic Club, challenging Italian-American Mafia control of rackets in the city. His gang war with the Mafia in the 1970s involved dozens of bombings. After surviving several attempts on his life, Greene was killed by a car bomb in 1977. His life inspired the film Kill the Irishman.

Offered is an original 8” x 10” TYPE I photo that was taken by George Heins (photographer) of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.  Stamped November 29 and Dec 2, 1971. It shows Greene leaving the court after his release after being arrested in relation to the death of Michael Frato.

About Frato and Greene –

“Danny Greene always said Cleveland was his town. In 1968, when Michael Frato came at him, Greene didn’t blink. He shot Frato, claimed self defense, and walked. That alone changed everything. An Irish tough guy had put bullets into a Mafia heavyweight and lived to tell about it.

After that, Cleveland lit up. Bombs went off. Businesses burned. Threats came in the mail. Frato survived the shooting, but not the war. By 1971, he was marked. A death threat letter warned that the violence would end one way. Weeks later, Frato was gunned down outside a Cleveland Heights service station.

Cops grabbed Greene in November 1971, found guns, found noise, but not proof. So once again, he walked. Every time Greene beat a case, his legend grew and the countdown started.”

We’ve never seen another original TYPE I photo of Greene offered for sale (basically because outside of Cleveland, he wasn’t on the national radar until the book, “Kill the Irishman” was published (and later the movie).

HISTORIC!!!