Sciandra was born in Montedoro, Sicily on November 13, 1912 and immigrated to the US. Eddie was known to be an old-school mobster, especially when it came to business. He moved to Jamaica, Queens in the 1950s or 1960s. From there he moved to Pennsylvania where he joined the crime family of his cousin, crime boss Russell Bufalino. When Bufalino died in 1994, William D'Elia took over the crime family, it is believed that by this time Sciandra was already retired. Sciandra died on July 13, 2003 in Hallandale, Florida.