Posted on 03/08/2019 10:57:09 AM PST by NRx
Carmine J. Persico, the unpredictable leader of the New York-based Colombo crime family who the authorities believe had a strong hand in the assassinations of the mob bosses Albert Anastasia and Joey Gallo, died a prisoner on Thursday in a hospital in Durham, N.C. He was 85. His lawyer, Benson Weintraub, confirmed the death, at Duke University Medical Center, but said he did not know the cause. Mr. Persico was serving a combined 139-year sentence at a nearby federal prison, in Butner, N.C. Mr. Weintraub had been representing Mr. Persico in litigation against the Bureau of Prisons. Mr. Persico contended that he had received inadequate medical career for an unspecified wound he had sustained. His condition “worsened critically and quickly” during the recent federal government shutdown, Mr. Weintraub said. Despite Mr. Persico’s stature as a Mafia leader, he spent most of his adult life under indictment or in prison. Although he came from a middle-class family, he began his criminal career as a teenage enforcer and hit man on the streets of South Brooklyn and his first arrest, at age 17, was for murder.
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That was written figuratively, not literally. But if you aren’t bright enough to figure something that simple out then nothing else is worth wasting time. Have a great day.
I must be stupid I was exchanging with rude people like you
Lucky niece! Even when they have Godfather marathons it’s as if Godfather 3 doesn’t even exist ; )
A mobster who rubbed Anastasia and Gallow was STILL alive!? Wow...
That was one of the most fascinating obituaries EVER. I read the highlights out loud to two people here this morning.
Some of them lead colorful lives.
I was no angel from late teens to maybe 24.
Knew a bunch of wiseguys growing up and ran into a few more.
Had some trouble a few times. Enough to cause several sit downs between the high up guys I knew and the high up guys the boys i had trouble with knew.
And when a decision was handed down, you can BET we young guys did exactly as they decided.
Or it would have ended bad for the person that didn’t listen.
Closest I am is my oldest son had a nonno who was an attorney for the mafia in Roma. Spent a couple years in jail too.
An old girlfriend of mine was once the girlfriend of a Mafia prince before I met her. The stories of abuse, mistreatment, and violence she told, sent chills up my spine.
Took her three tries to successfully escape him and that world, but she finally made it. That was a hair raising tale in itself. She once told me matter of factly, "If they ever find me, I'm dead."
I later learned she'd been using an assumed name the whole time I knew her.
Some years later I came *this* close to being snuffed by a mobster, myself. Long story for another time.
LOL...Hey, Kid- that is the episode we JUST watched 2 nights ago. We’re out of town for the weekend and I whispered to my hunby at dinner, “I kinda just wanna be home watching Sopranos”. :).
“They fell off a Truck,Yeah.”
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