Charles “Big Ears” Majuri, 85, Reportedly Dies After Decades Linked to DeCavalcante Family

 New Jersey’s organized-crime history lost a deeply controversial figure over the Labor Day weekend with the reported death of Charles “Big Ears” Majuri at age 85. Majuri was described as a reputed leader of the DeCavalcante crime family, an organization long associated with organized criminal activity in New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area. His death closes a chapter involving a man whose name remained tied to that world for decades.

Majuri reportedly died following an infection, according to organized-crime journalist Scott Burnstein of Gangster Report, who reported his death on September 6, 2026. Further information about his final days was not provided in the available account, and no additional circumstances surrounding his death were disclosed publicly. At that point, the report nevertheless prompted renewed attention to Majuri’s long history within the DeCavalcante organization and to the generation of mob figures whose careers became part of New Jersey’s organized-crime record.

Born December 29, 1940, Majuri came from a family already connected to the organization. His father, Frank Majuri, was a longtime DeCavalcante figure, placing Charles within a family history that was closely connected to the group. That background, followed by his own reported association, meant that Majuri became part of an organized-crime story stretching across several decades. His life unfolded during a period when federal authorities closely tracked the activities of crime families in the region.

Federal organized-crime records identified Majuri as a DeCavalcante soldier and documented his reported role in the organization’s gambling operations. Beginning in the late 1960s, those records noted that he controlled the family’s gambling operation in Union County under capo Louis LaRasso within the operation of that era. The detail places Majuri within a specific period of the family’s history and shows how his reported responsibilities extended beyond a simple association with the organization.

Over the years, Majuri’s name continued to appear in accounts of the DeCavalcante crime family, whose history became intertwined with investigations into organized criminal activity across New Jersey. The organization itself developed a reputation that extended beyond state lines into the wider New York metropolitan area. Majuri’s reported position and longevity therefore made him a recognizable figure in a particular era of that history, even as many details of his life remained outside public view.

The description of Majuri as a reputed leader should be understood in the context of reporting about organized crime rather than as a statement establishing every allegation associated with him as fact. Available records identified him as a soldier and documented his reported involvement in gambling, while later accounts described him as a leader. Those distinctions matter when looking back at a life connected to a criminal organization, particularly when information about specific activities or circumstances is incomplete.

His passing also represents the departure of someone whose reported association with the DeCavalcante organization stretched from the late 1960s through subsequent decades. For researchers and journalists who have followed New Jersey organized crime, figures such as Majuri provide links to an earlier period in the region’s history. Yet beyond the labels attached to that history, his death is also a personal loss for family, friends, and people who knew him away from the public record.

Charles “Big Ears” Majuri leaves behind a complicated place in New Jersey’s organized-crime history, shaped by family ties, reported organizational roles, and decades of public attention. No additional details about his death were provided beyond the reported infection. As his life is remembered, the most responsible approach is to preserve the documented facts while recognizing the historical significance of a figure whose name remained connected to the DeCavalcante family for generations.