 He was sentenced to life in prison without parole and was transferred to United States Penitentiary, Marion in southern Illinois.According to former Lucchese crime family boss Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, "What John Gotti did was the beginning of the end of "Cosa Nostra"".While in prison, Gotti died of throat cancer on June 10, 2002, at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.