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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. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family. In 1961, the First Colombo War unfolded ...
Jun 28, 2018 · Colombo, age 54, passed away two weeks later on May 22, 1978. Hospital staff announced “cardiac arrest” as the official cause of death, “brought on by his injury seven years ago.”. Joseph Colombo, who was almost completely paralyzed by the shooting, died seven years later of a heart attack. He was buried in Saint John Cemetery in Queens.
Joseph Colombo (born June 16, 1923, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died May 22, 1978, Newburgh, New York) was a major organized crime boss in Brooklyn who founded an Italian-American Civil Rights League to deflect government investigations of his activities. Brooklyn-born, Colombo was still a teenager when his father, Anthony, was killed in 1938 in ...
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 born Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr., on June 16, 1923, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., to Catherine and Anthony Colombo. He was their only child. His father was a gangster who worked for the Profaci crime family and was one of the earliest members of the gang. When he was 15 years old, his father was found dead in his car with his ...
Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family. In 1961, the First Colombo War unfolded, instigated by the kidnapping of four high-ranking members in the Profaci family by Joe Gallo. Later that year, Gallo was imprisoned, and in 1962, family leader Joe Profaci died of cancer.
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