Joe Gallo

American Mobster Of Italian Descent

Joe Gallo was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States on April 7th, 1929 and is the American Mobster Of Italian Descent. At the age of 43, Joe Gallo biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
April 7, 1929
Nationality
United States, Italy
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Death Date
Apr 7, 1972 (age 43)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Criminal
Joe Gallo Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

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Joe Gallo Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Joe Gallo Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Jeffie Lee Boyd, (m. 196?; div. 196?),, ​, ​(m. 1971; div. 1971)​, Sina Essary ​(m. 1972)​
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1
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Siblings
Albert Gallo (brother), Larry Gallo (brother)
Joe Gallo Career

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, extortion shakedowns and a numbers game. He maintained his headquarters at "The Dormitory", a three-story brick tenement at 51 President Street (within the boundaries of Brooklyn's contemporary Columbia Street Waterfront District) that previously housed the Gallo family's vending machine interests; there, he allegedly kept a pet lion named Cleo in the basement. Within a few years, Gallo secretly owned several Manhattan nightclubs and two sweat shops in the Garment District.

In 1957, Profaci allegedly asked Gallo and his crew to murder Albert Anastasia, the boss of the Gambino crime family. Anastasia's underboss, Carlo Gambino, wanted to replace him and asked Profaci for assistance. On October 25, Anastasia entered the barber shop at the Park Sheraton Hotel in midtown Manhattan. As Anastasia relaxed in the barber's chair, two men—scarves covering their faces—rushed in, shoved the barber out of the way, and killed the Gambino boss in a hail of bullets. Anastasia's killers have never been conclusively identified, but Carmine Persico later claimed that he and Gallo had shot Anastasia, joking that he was part of Gallo's "barbershop quintet".

The following year, Gallo and his brothers were summoned to Washington, D.C., to testify before the McClellan Committee of the United States Senate on organized crime. While visiting Senate Counsel Robert F. Kennedy in his office, Gallo flirted with Kennedy's secretary and told Kennedy his carpet would be excellent for a dice game. On the witness stand, none of the brothers provided any useful information.

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