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Joe Profaci
Profaci in 1959
Born
Giuseppe Profaci

(1897-10-02)October 2, 1897
Villabate, Sicily, Italy
DiedJune 6, 1962(1962-06-06) (aged 64)
Bay Shore, New York, U.S.
Resting placeSt. John's Cemetery, Queens
NationalityItalian-American
Other names"Olive Oil King Joe"
"Old Man Profaci"
OccupationCrime boss
SuccessorJoseph Magliocco
Spouse
Ninfa Magliocco
(m. 1928)
Children6
RelativesJoseph Magliocco (brother-in-law)
Bill Bonanno (nephew-in-law)
AllegianceProfaci crime family

Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe proˈfaːtʃi]; October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was an Italian-American Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what became the Colombo crime family of New York City. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organized. He was the family's boss for over three decades.

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Joe Profaci

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Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe proˈfaːtʃi]; October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was an Italian-American Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of...

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enforcer in the Profaci crime family, later forming his own crew which included his brothers Larry and Albert. In 1957, Joe Profaci allegedly asked Gallo...

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Joseph Colombo

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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...

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Joe Viterelli

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guys with such names as Nick Valenti (Bullets over Broadway; 1994), Joe Profaci (Mobsters; 1991), Fat Tommy Carducci (What She Doesn't Know; 1992), Vinnie...

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Joseph Bonanno

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included Frank Costello, Vito Genovese, Joe Adonis, Carlo Gambino and Albert Anastasia on the Masseria side and Joe Profaci, Tommy Gagliano, Tommy Lucchese,...

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Colombo crime family

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assassinations of "Joe the Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci became recognized as the Profaci crime family. The...

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Carmine Persico

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1961 the Gallos, led by Joe Gallo, kidnapped four of Profaci's top men: underboss Joseph Magliocco, Frank Profaci (Joe Profaci's brother), capo Salvatore...

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Victor Amuso

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against longtime crime boss, Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci and the old Profaci faction of the family, because Profaci cut into Gallo's profits. Amuso would allegedly...

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Vito Corleone

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mid-20th-century New York Mafia figures Carlo Gambino, Frank Costello, Joe Bonanno, and Joe Profaci. Maria Le Conti Puzo, Mario Puzo's mother, was also a basis for...

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Carlo Gambino

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the Italian gangs of New York into Five Families headed by Luciano, Joe Profaci, Tommy Gagliano, Vincent Mangano and himself. He called a meeting of...

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Vincent Mangano

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modern Five Families, the others being Joseph Bonanno, Lucky Luciano, Joe Profaci and Tommy Gagliano. Mangano made the waterfront his family's main income...

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Castellammarese War

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faction in the U.S. included Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno, Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino, Joseph Profaci and Joe Aiello. As it became more and more...

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Joseph Magliocco

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28, 1963), also known as "Joe Malayak" and "Joe Evil Eye", was an Italian-born New York mobster and the boss of the Profaci crime family (later to become...

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Salvatore Maranzano

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American gangs in New York City into the Five Families, headed by Luciano, Joe Profaci, Tommy Gagliano, Vincent Mangano , and himself. Each family would have...

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Salvatore Bonanno

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married Rosalie Marie Profaci, daughter of Salvatore Lawrence Profaci Sr., brother of Profaci crime family boss Joseph Profaci. Designed to cement an...

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Giuseppe

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Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer Joe Profaci (1897–1962), born Giuseppe Profaci, Italian-American mob boss, longtime head of one of...

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Five Families

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reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City into the Maranzano, Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and Gagliano families, which are now known as the Bonanno...

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William Tocco

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nationwide. In 1952, his son Anthony Tocco married Carmela Profaci, daughter of Joe Profaci. Due to the ties of his family and widespread respect, he was...

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The Knight in White Satin Armor

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Moody Blues song "Nights in White Satin". Junior mentions "old man Profaci" Joe Profaci when Richie cannot "sell" the plan. Tony sarcastically comments that...

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Joseph Zerilli

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"Lucky" Luciano, Vincent Mangano, Tommy Gagliano, Joseph Bonanno, and Joe Profaci; Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone; and Stefano Magaddino, boss of the Buffalo...

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Tommy Gagliano

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was held by an alliance of bosses Vincent Mangano, Joe Bonanno, Stefano Magaddino and Joe Profaci. Gagliano had to be very careful in the face of this...

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Lucky Luciano

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leaders such as Costello, Genovese, Albert Anastasia, Joe Adonis, Joe Bonanno, Carlo Gambino, Joe Profaci, Tommy Gagliano, and Tommy Lucchese. They believed...

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List of crime bosses

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(1908–1984), natural causes Joseph Pinzolo (1887–1930), assassinated Joe Profaci (1897–1962), natural causes Ollie Quinn (1893–1949) Gaetano Reina (1889–1930)...

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Greco Mafia clan

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connections in the US, in particular with Joe Profaci, who came from the same village. At the time, Profaci was in Sicily and it seems he played an important...

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Steve Ferrigno

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and Ferrigno himself. Maranzano faction members including Joe Profaci, Nick Capuzzi, Joe Valachi and a hitman known only as Buster from Chicago were...

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1920s in organized crime

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York bootlegger Vince Mangano. Of those in attendance, future mob boss Joe Profaci and mobster Joseph Magliocco, would attend the 1957 Apalachin Conference...

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List of Sicilian Mafia members

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(1933–2016) Vincenzo Puccio (1945–1989) Gaspare Pulizzi Luigi Putrone Joe Profaci (1897–1962) Domenico Raccuglia Paolo Renda (1933–disappeared 2010) Rosario...

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