Joe Gallo
| Joseph Gallo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 7, 1929 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 1972 (aged 43) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Criminal, Mafioso Self employed furniture salesman |
| Years active | 1940s – 1972 (his death) |
| Known for | Soldier in the Profaci crime family |
| Spouse(s) | Jeffie Gallo (twice) Sina Essary (March–April 1972, his death) |
| Children | Joie Gallo Lisa Essary-Gallo |
Joseph Gallo (April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972), also known as "Crazy Joe" and "Joe the Blond", was a celebrated New York City gangster for the Profaci crime family, later known as the Colombo crime family. Gallo initiated one of the bloodiest mob conflicts since the 1931 Castellammarese War and was murdered as a result of it.
Joe Gallo was born and raised in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Umberto and Mary Gallo. A bootlegger during Prohibition, Umberto did nothing to discourage his three sons from becoming criminals. In 1949, after viewing the film Kiss of Death, Joe Gallo began mimicking Richard Widmark's gangster character "Tommy Udo" and reciting movie dialogue. Gallo was nicknamed "Joey the Blond" because of his full chest of blond hair. In 1950, after an arrest, Gallo was temporarily placed in Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.Albert Seedman, the head of New York's detective bureau, called Gallo "that little guy with steel balls".
Gallo's brothers Larry and Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo were also his criminal associates. His sister was Carmella Fiorello. Gallo's first wife, whom he married around 1960, divorced in the mid-1960s, and then in July 1971 remarried, was Las Vegas showgirl Jeffie Lee Boyd. Later in 1971 Jeffie divorced Gallo again. The couple had one daughter, Joie. In March 1972, three weeks before his death, Gallo married 29-year-old actress Sina Essary. He became the stepfather of Sina's daughter, Lisa Essary-Gallo.
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