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Joseph Gallo (April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972), also known as "Crazy Joe", was an Italian-American mobster and Caporegime of the Colombo crime family of New York City, New York. In his youth, Gallo was diagnosed with schizophrenia after an arrest.
Crazy Joe is a 1974 crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. The Italian-American co-production is a fictionalized account of the murder of Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo, a mobster who was gunned down on April 7, 1972, at a restaurant in Little Italy.
Feb 5, 2024 · On April 7, 1972, infamous mobster Joe Gallo sat down to celebrate his birthday at Umberto’s Clam House in New York’s Little Italy with his family. As they ate, a group of men rushed into the room, guns in hand. The men began to fire as Gallo stood up and pulled out his own gun to fire back.
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Joseph Gallo, better known as “Crazy Joe,” lived a life that was as colorful and erratic as the fireworks on his birthday, the very day his life met a violent end.
Dec 1, 2019 · The Irishman's Joe Gallo Was One of New York's Most Famous Reputed Mobsters 'Crazy Joe' inspired a Bob Dylan song and was rumored to have kept a pet lion. By Gabrielle Bruney Published: Dec 1,...
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Joseph Gallo, alias “Crazy Joe,” was an Italian American gangster and a capo of New York City’s Colombo criminal family. He was born on April 7, 1929, to Umberto and Mary Gallo in the New York City neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn. During the prohibition era, Umberto worked as a bootlegger.
Joseph Gallo, also referred as Crazy Joe, was an Italian-American mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia following an arrest, however managed to became an enforcer in the Profaci crime family and eventually formed his own group with his brothers Larry and Albert.
