1978

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Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 1978.

Game world

Ricardo Diaz bribes the INS for a green card and enters the United States of America from Colombia.
Ken Rosenberg begins practicing law in Liberty City.
Darius Fontaine founds Inversion Therapy.

March 14: Jolene Cranley-Evans is pushed off Mount Gordo in San Andreas by her husband Jock Cranley.
Sonny Cangelosi dies due to unknown causes.

Don Sonny Cangelosi of the Gambetti Family dies.
Jon Gravelli takes control of the Gambetti Family after his uncle Sonny Cangelosi's death.
Giovanni Ancelotti becomes Don of the Ancelotti Family.
Solomon Richards takes over Richards Majestic from his father David Richards.
Darius Fontaine founds Inversion Therapy, which later became the Children of the Mountain cult.