August 8, 1933 - Carmine Persico
Persico rose through the ranks of organized crime in New York to become one of the longest-serving bosses in the history of the five families, leading the Colombo crime family for nearly five decades — including stretches when he directed operations from federal prison. His durability at the top of a notoriously violent institution, and his ability to maintain authority even while incarcerated, made him a defining figure in the late twentieth-century American Mafia.
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Carmine John Persico Jr. (Italian: [ˈkarmine ˈpɛrsiko]; August 8, 1933 – March 7, 2019), also known as "Junior", "The Snake" and "Immortal", was an American mobster and the longtime boss of the Colombo crime family in New York City from 1973 until his death in 2019. He served 32 years in federal prison from 1987 until his death on March 7, 2019.
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