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Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (Italian:; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family.
Jun 28, 2018 · Three rounds from an assassin’s gun all but silenced Joseph Colombo, one of the Mafia’s most publicly vocal bosses. Although he survived the June 28, 1971, attack, the wounds left Colombo almost completely paralyzed, and eventually proved mortal.
Jun 12, 2024 · Joseph Colombo, major organized crime boss in Brooklyn who founded an Italian-American Civil Rights League to deflect government investigations of his activities. He was shot in 1971 and became almost totally paralyzed, dying seven years later, after declining into a coma.
Jul 7, 2024 · Joseph Colombo was once the head of the Colombo Family, one of the New York City Mafia’s Five Families. A force to be reckoned with, Colombo helped navigate the family through gang wars and butted heads with his infamous rival “Crazy Joe” Gallo.
Jul 23, 2022 · Christopher Colombo was nine years old when his father, Joseph Colombo, Sr., was shot at a rally in Columbus Circle, in 1971. His father was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the five...
Feb 17, 2016 · On June 28, 1971, Joseph A. Colombo Sr., the Brooklyn Mafia boss, was shot in the head and critically wounded at Columbus Circle as an Italian-American civil rights rally was about to begin.
Joseph Colombo was an American gangster, best known as the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the five most prominent mafia families in the U.S. He was born and raised in Brooklyn and hailed from a family of gangsters.
May 24, 1978 · Joseph A. Colombo Sr., the reputed Mafia leader who was a founder of the Italian‐American Civil Rights League —and who was gunned down and left almost totally paralyzed at a 1971 league rally...
Apr 5, 2014 · At 41 years old, Joe Colombo was the youngest crime family boss in the nation. He was also an avid supporter of Italian-American rights spending countless hours lobbying for equality. In early 1970 Colombo created the Italian-American Civil Rights League.
Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. ( Italian: [ koˈlombo]; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City.
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