Former New York crime family boss Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello, who suffered from a variety of ailments, including heart disease and prostate cancer in his later years

Ianniello was a key figure in the racketeering conspiracy and tax evasion case that sent Danbury trash magnate James Galante to federal prison for seven years, has died.

Ianniello was born in 1920 in Manhattan and earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his service with the U.S. Army during World War II.

After the war, he went into the restaurant business, and ran a string of nightclubs and after-hours clubs in New York, then in the 1960s, Ianniello became a member of the Genovese crime family, and by the 1970s, he lorded over scores of restaurants and sex-oriented clubs, most in the Times Square area.

Ianniello also served as acting boss of the Genovese family while boss Vincent Gigante was in prison.

By the new Millennium, Ianniello' started to have health problems and began to fade from the scene.

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