<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> October 6, 1977 (1977 - 10 - 06) (aged 43) Lyndhurst, Ohio, U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cause of death </Th> <Td> car bomb </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> War with the Cleveland Mafia </Td> </Tr> <P> Daniel John Patrick "Danny" Greene (November 14, 1933--October 6, 1977) was an Irish American mobster and associate of Cleveland mobster John Nardi during the gang war for the city's criminal operations during the 1970s . Competing gangsters set off more than 35 bombs, most attached to cars in murder attempts, many successful . Greene had gained power first in a local chapter of the International Longshoremen's Association, where he was elected president in the early 1960s . Greene pushed into Cleveland rackets and began competing with the Italian - American Mafia for control of the city . He set up his own group called the Celtic Club, complete with enforcers . </P>

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