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- Mr. Colombo was a 26-year-old military school graduate in 1971 when he helped persuade the producer of “The Godfather,” the sponsors of the network television series “The F.B.I.” and even the Nixon administration’s Justice Department under Attorney General John N. Mitchell to expunge the term Mafia and its Sicilian counterpart, La Cosa Nostra, from the screenplay, weekly scripts and official lexicon.
www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/nyregion/anthony-colombo-dies-at-71-helped-get-mafia-out-of-the-godfather.htmlAnthony Colombo Dies at 71; Helped Get ‘Mafia’ Out of ‘The ...
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Jul 23, 2022 · Despite the father’s edict, each of his sons—Chris, Joe, Jr., Vincent, and Anthony—have done prison time. The eldest son, Anthony, appears to have been the only one to become a made member ...
Apr 9, 2016 · Anthony is the eldest son of Joseph Colombo — yes, that Joe Colombo, the alleged feared Profaci family hit man who foiled a plot against the Commission by turning on two betrayers. For his ...
Jan 24, 2017 · Anthony Colombo, a mobster’s son who successfully agitated to keep out even a single reference to the Mafia during the entire 175 minutes of the film “The Godfather,” died on Jan. 6 at his home...
The Colombo crime family ( / kəˈlɒm.boʊ /, Italian pronunciation: [koˈlombo]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia.
Sep 14, 2021 · Theodore Persico Jr., described as a family captain and soldier, was released from federal prison in 2020 and, despite a directive not to associate with members of organized crime, “directed...
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Jul 27, 2020 · Who is the Colombo mafia family from Netflix's 'Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia'? 6 facts about the long-time mob crime group.
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.
