Joseph Profaci

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Joseph Profaci was a powerful mid-20th-century New York Mafia boss who founded and led the crime family later known as the Colombo family.

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instanceOf American mobster
Mafia boss
human
organized crime figure
activeIn Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Joe Profaci NERFINISHED
Olive Oil King NERFINISHED
associatedWith Five Families of New York NERFINISHED
birthDate 1897-10-02
birthPlace Villabate, Sicily, Italy NERFINISHED
burialPlace Saint John Cemetery, Queens, New York NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath liver cancer
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Italy
countryOfResidence United States of America
criminalActivity extortion
illegal gambling
labor racketeering
loan sharking
deathDate 1962-06-06
era mid-20th century
familyName Profaci NERFINISHED
founded Profaci crime family NERFINISHED
genre organized crime
givenName Joseph NERFINISHED
hasEthnicity Italian
Sicilian
immigratedTo United States of America
knownFor maintaining a low public profile
strict leadership style
laterKnownAs Colombo crime family NERFINISHED
memberOf American Mafia NERFINISHED
La Cosa Nostra NERFINISHED
notableFor founding one of New York’s Five Families
long tenure as a Mafia boss
occupation Mafia boss
olive oil importer
racketeer
partOf New York Mafia NERFINISHED
positionHeld boss of the Profaci crime family
founding boss of the Colombo crime family
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED
Long Island, New York NERFINISHED
usedBusinessFront olive oil import business

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