Talk:Richard Kuklinski

Section on his death

Ok, I asked why the entire section on his family's suspicion of him being poisoned in prison and the subsequent testing by Michael Baden was deleted without reason.

I got no response, so now I've put it back in. And I will revert EVERY attempt at removing it again until I get a legitimate reason for its removal. Understood?

First of all, it was removed because it is unsourced, in violation of Wikipedia policy. Secondly, you "asked", meaning you did so previously? No, the above edit is your first to Wikipedia. Thirdly, watch your tone and drop the threatening attitude. And finally, if you continue to restore the information without a reliable source, you will be blocked from editing. Understood? Sundayclose (talk) 14:31, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Kuklinski is widely believed to have suffered from verbal diarrhea, https://swallowingthecamel.me/2013/07/17/the-iceman-lieth/ , the above rule states that "This is not a forum" but it seems that all that is written in this article is "gods honest truth" and therefore beyond questioning, so its "hardly a factual" article either, fact is his biographer had a book to flog/sell and "believed" the shpeel coming out of this clearly dishonest mans mouth.Bullseye30 (talk) 18:44, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

His family doesn't think he was poisoned, but the actual fact is that he told his family that he thought they were poisoning him in prison. The context is unclear, as we don't know if he literally meant that they were trying to kill him or that he just disliked the taste of the food. The time of death had always been a reason for suspicion as he was about to testify against Sammy Gravano, the case was dropped shortly after Richards dead as there was no case without his testimony. And of course the fact that there is no official cause of death feeds the rumors about him being killed instead of a natural cause dead. ChrisRoad (talk) 30 August 2015 —Preceding undated comment added 19:40, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Wouldnt it make him Polish-American even though he was born in USA, his parents were from Poland?Snowonweb (talk) 02:37, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

I was friends with richard and i can tell you first hand we never knew nor would you.. he was the nicest guy you would ever meet even played with my youngest more then once if you werent in the mob you were safe that simple he was framed for things he may have done but to seriously bad people weather he killed 5 people or not they were 5 real bad mobsters so it dosent matter seems the fbi was more into protecting the mobsters then going after them at that time so pin it all on the iceman and whats funny the name did nor does not fit at all there was nothing icy about it he was a warm loving guy outside his work and does it really matter he killed other murderers no ...... (talk) 06:35 May 09 2017

Pronge link

The Robert Pronge link in the article body redirects to same section of the article. Is there a reason for this, or is it an error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.254.142 (talk) 22:04, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Re-write desperately needed

This is not remotely encyclopaedic. It's written like a fanzine. Its main source is a book Kuklinski contributed to - the article is essentially sourced to the subject.

The man was a notorious and overt fantasist. He wasn't involved in the Hoffa murder. He didn't kill Paul Castellano. He wasn't a mafia hitman or an international criminal, and he didn't hang around with an ice cream van driving serial killer.

What's encyclopaedic is he was a smalltime crook involved in a burglary ring and some bootleg video tapes who, in an incompetent fashion, knocked off some members of his gang. That's it. Unless someone can prove any of the rest it's just fantasy and has no place here other than in a section detailing his long list of crazy lies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.75.108.166 (talk) 13:23, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Married Twice

According to the article "Married to the Iceman" (listed as a source), Richard Kuklinski was married with two children when he met Barbara Pedrici, who became his second wife. The first wife is not mentioned in the Wikipedia article, which implies that his three children were all with Barabara.