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Gallo started as an enforcer and hitman for Joe Profaci in the Profaci crime family.In addition to helping to manage his father's loan-sharking business and Larry Gallo's vending machine and jukebox operations (with the latter often perceived as the "crown jewel" of the family's rackets), he directly oversaw a variety of enterprises, including floating dice and high-stakes card games ...
Ernest Gallo (March 18, 1909 – March 6, 2007) was the American co-founder of the E & J Gallo Winery. He was ranked 297th on the 2006 Forbes 400 list of billionaires.. After the death of his parents, Ernest and brother Julio, along with their wives Amelia (1910–1993) and Aileen, raised their thirteen-year-old little brother Joseph.
Joseph "Joe Pesh" Luparelli – former Colombo associate and bodyguard to Joseph Yacovelli. He served as one of the drivers in the April 1972 murder of Joe Gallo. Some time after the Gallo murder, he believed the Gallo-murder participants were planning to have him murdered. He flew to California to meet with FBI agents.
While holding the hostages, Larry and Albert Gallo sent Joe Gallo to California. The Gallos demanded a more favorable financial scheme for the hostages' release. Gallo wanted to kill one hostage and demand $100,000 before negotiations, but his brother Larry overruled him. After a few weeks of negotiation, Profaci made a deal with the Gallos. [13]
Joseph N. Gallo was born on January 8, 1912, in Calabria, [1] but grew up in the Little Italy section of Manhattan. [2] Gallo was married and was the father of Gambino associate Joseph C. Gallo. Joseph N. Gallo and his family lived in Mill Basin, Brooklyn and Long Island City, Queens. [3] In the 1930s, Gallo was convicted in New York of illegal ...
Lawrence "Larry" Gallo (November 3, 1927 – May 16, 1968) was an American mobster who became a member of the Profaci crime family of Cosa Nostra in New York City. His younger brothers Joey and Albert would follow him into organized crime. He was the leader of the Gallo Crew from President Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. [1]
In early 1971, Joe Gallo was released from prison. As a supposedly conciliatory gesture, Colombo invited Gallo to a peace meeting with an offering of $1,000. [25] Gallo refused the invitation, wanting $100,000 to stop the conflict, which Colombo refused to pay. [26] At that point, acting boss Vincenzo Aloi issued a new order to kill Gallo. [26]
Albert Gallo was born on June 6, 1930, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. His parents were Albert (Umberto) and Mary Gallo (née Nunziata). His two older brothers were Lawrence "Larry" Gallo and Joe "Crazy Joey" Gallo. A bootlegger during Prohibition, Albert Sr. did not discourage his three sons from becoming criminals.