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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.
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   Who was Anthony Colombo?

   • Anthony Colombo was a successful Brooklyn mobster until he was garroted one night in 1938 in the back seat of his car along with his girl friend. The killing forced young Joe to quit high school and go to work in a printing plant to support his mother and younger sister.

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   Who was Joe Colombo?

   • JOE COLOMBO’S civic career is a recent development. Until he organized the Italian-American Civil Rights League, he was a much more private person, intent on following his father’s profession. Anthony Colombo was a successful Brooklyn mobster until he was garroted one night in 1938 in the back seat of his car along with his girl friend.

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   Who is Chris Colombo?

   • Tom Robbins writes about Chris Colombo, the son of the late Joseph Colombo, Sr., a former don of the Colombo Mob family, one of the five families of New York City’s Italian American Mafia.

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   Who is the new boss of the Colombo family?

   • The members of the Colombo family voted for Andrew "Mush" Russo to be the new official boss of the Colombo family. Russo was Carmine Persico's cousin and had been serving as the Colombo family's longtime street boss for years.

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   What happened to Joseph Colombo?

   • Joseph Colombo was gunned down at a Unity Day rally in Columbus Circle in Manhattan on June 28, 1971, in what Anthony later suggested was a conspiracy by law enforcement. The elder Colombo, who never completely regained consciousness and died seven years later, insisted publicly that the Mafia was a myth.

   Anthony Colombo Dies at 71; Helped Get ‘Mafia’ Out of ‘The Godfather’

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   How many Colombo family members have been incarcerated?

   • 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 of the Colombo family, although Anthony, who died in 2017, long denied it. “I never chose that path,” Chris said.

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   Jul 23, 2022 · The eldest son, Anthony, appears to have been the only one to become a made member of the Colombo family, although Anthony, who died in 2017, long denied it. “I never chose that path,” Chris said.

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   With no other viable candidates standing in his way, the imprisoned Persico officially took over the Colombo family by the end of 1973, placing Thomas DiBella in charge of the family as acting boss and promoting his brother Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico to consigliere and Anthony "Tony Shots" Abbatemarco to underboss.

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   Jan 26, 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 Godfather” film, died Jan. 6 at his home in...

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   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...

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   Feb 7, 2017 · NEW YORK — 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....

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   Jul 12, 1971 · Anthony Colombo was a successful Brooklyn mobster until he was garroted one night in 1938 in the back seat of his car along with his girl friend. The killing forced young Joe to quit high...