Webgotti, or new york’s ‘teflon don,’ went to prison multiple times. The fbi first arrested and sent him to prison in 1968, but he was released after four years. Law enforcement authorities longed to nab john gotti, dubbed “the. Webgotti, the former head of the gambino crime family in new york city, was serving time at the united states penitentiary in marion, illinois. In 1998, he was. Webin 1998, gotti was diagnosed with throat cancer, from which he died at the age of 61 on 10th june 2002, at the united states medical center for federal prisoners.
