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    Joseph "Joe Iron Man" Ardizzone (born Giuseppe Ernesto Ardizzone; Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe erˈnɛsto arditˈtsoːne]; November 19, 1884 – disappeared...
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    United States. In 1931, he succeeded Joseph Ardizzone as the boss of the Los Angeles crime family after Ardizzone's mysterious disappearance and death....
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  • illustrator Francesco Ardizzone (born 1992), Italian footballer Joseph Ardizzone (1884–1931), American mob boss Simon Ardizzone, American documentary...
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    Meanwhile, Joseph Siragusa, leader of the Pittsburgh crime family, was shot to death in his home. The October 15 disappearance of Joseph Ardizzone, head of...
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  • The LA branch of the mafia was at the time under the leadership of Joseph Ardizzone, and Roselli worked closely with Ardizonne's underboss Jack Dragna...
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    Black Hand leader Joseph Ardizzone was involved in a dispute with George Maisano, a member of the Matranga gang, they both went to Joseph Cuccia to mediate...
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  • "Disappears" after alleged confrontation with organized Crime Figures {Joseph Ardizzone}. The only trace of him is his car found in Venice California. Allgedly...
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  • American Mafia Preceded by Vito Di Giorgio (1920-1922) Los Angeles crime family Boss 1922-c1925 Succeeded by Joseph Ardizzone (1925-1931)...
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  • "Disappears" after alleged confrontation with organized Crime Figures {Joseph Ardizzone} May 29 – Thomas McElligot, a member of the Westside O'Donnell's gang...
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  • natural causes Joe Aiello (1891–1930), assassinated Joseph Ardizzone (1884–1932), assassinated Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno (1905–2002), natural causes...
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    of Lucky Luciano, Al Capone, Meyer Lansky, Bugs Moran, Moe Dalitz, Joseph Ardizzone, and Sam Maceo. They operated with connections to organized crime and...
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  • Runyon (Alfred Damon Runyon), Organized crime writer November 19 – Joseph Ardizzone, Los Angeles crime family, Boss July 4 – John Kelly and John Clinton...
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    Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, CBE RA (16 October 1900 – 8 November 1979), who sometimes signed his work "DIZ", was a British painter, printmaker and...
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  • Giuseppe Antonio Doto, 1902–1971) Joseph Ardizzone, "Iron Man" (born Giuseppe Ernesto Ardizzone, 1884–1931) Joseph Armone, "Joe Piney" (1917–1992) Stephen...
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  • Di Giorgio – boss (1909–1922) Rosario DeSimone – boss (1922–1925) Joseph Ardizzone – boss (1925–1931) Jack Dragna – boss (1931–1957) Frank DeSimone –...
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  • representing the Chicago Outfit Joseph Stacher, "Doc" (1902–1977) Girolamo Adamo, "Momo" (1884–1956) Joseph Ardizzone, "Iron Man" (1884–1931) Frank Bompensiero...
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  • There was no way to stop people like that, and Mafiosi knew it". Joseph Ardizzone was ethnic Albanian from Sicily and the founder and first boss of the...
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  • closely allied with Joseph Ardizzone. On multiple occasions, Dragna was arrested for violating the national prohibition law. After Ardizzone's disappearance...
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    (born 1936), American actor Robert Alda (1914–1986), American actor Joseph Ardizzone (1884–1931), crime boss Greg Burson (1949–2008), voice actor and impressionist...
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    Queens that would include development in Willets Point. In March 2009, Joseph Ardizzone, the only resident of Willets Point at the time, as well several local...
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  • Retrieved 10 April 2011. "Dictionary of Canadian Biography, "Small, Ambrose Joseph"". Biographi.ca. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2012. "Investigators...
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  • Omer Vrioni Muhamet Xhemajli Tahir Zemaj Joseph Ardizzone (born 1884, vanished 1931)  – organized crime boss Joseph J. DioGuardi (born 1940) – American certified...
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  • of American Albanian Archdiocese Baba Rexheb John Alite – mobster Joseph Ardizzone – mobster Ismail Lika – mobster Zef Mustafa – mobster Nicolo Schiro...
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  • (1856-1919), writer, documenter, one of the first Albanian women writers. Joseph Ardizzone (1884-1931),the first boss of Los Angeles crime family. Francesco Cuccia...
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    columbia.edu. Landmarks Preservation Commission 2002, p. 5. Ardizzone 2007, p. 76. Ardizzone 2007, p. 309. Wiegand, W.A.; Davis, D.G. (1994). Encyclopedia...
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  • John Joseph Vitale (May 17, 1909 – June 5, 1982) was a Sicilian-American boss and under-boss of the St. Louis crime family. During his lifetime, Vitale...
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    history and satire. Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary...
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  • illustrator and author Edward Ardizzone, CBE RA (16 October 1900- 8 November 1979). In addition to the works Edward Ardizzone both penned and illustrated...
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  • March, Italian manager Mauro Ardizzone was appointed head coach, with Jolley returning to his role as assistant. Ardizzone eventually saw the Calpeans...
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  • illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Bates's Uncle Silas figure, and many of the lineaments of his character, were based on a real person named Joseph Betts, the husband...
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