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Torrio was born in Irsina (then known as Montepeloso), Basilicata, in Southern Italy, to Tommaso Torrio and Maria Carluccio originally from Altamura, Apulia. [7] When he was two his father, a railway employee, died in a work accident; shortly after, Torrio immigrated to James Street on the Lower East Side of New York City with his widowed mother in December 1884. [7]
From 1902 until his death in 1920, he led a gang known after his death as the Chicago Outfit. Colosimo was assassinated on May 11, 1920, and no one was ever charged with his murder. [ 3 ] Johnny Torrio , an enforcer whom Colosimo imported in 1909 from New York, seized control of Colosimo's businesses after his death.
John Torrio. Died: 1957. Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery. Brooklyn, New York. Johnny Torrio moved with his mother to New York from Italy after his father died when he was a baby. He ran some illegal ...
April 16, 1957 – Foundational Outfit leader Johnny Torrio died of a heart attack while in a barber chair in Brooklyn, New York. November 14, 1957 – An aborted Mafia conference took place in Apalachin, New York, after state police and federal investigators showed up at the home of Genovese Family member Joseph "The Barber" Barbara Sr.
Gregory Gerald Antonacci (February 2, 1947 – September 20, 2017) was an American television actor, director, producer, and writer.He portrayed Johnny Torrio in Boardwalk Empire in every season, from 2010 to 2014, [1] and Phil Leotardo's right-hand man Butch DeConcini in The Sopranos from 2006 to the series finale in 2007.
On May 11, 1920, Colosimo was killed by a gunman waiting in the coat room of his restaurant, Colosimo's cafe. The killer was most likely Frankie Yale, fulfilling a contract commissioned by Johnny Torrio. [15] Torrio's organization was made up predominately of ethnic Italians but had a large contingent of members from other immigrant backgrounds.
Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and his brother Matthew, 29, were killed after being struck by a drunk driver while riding their bicycles in New Jersey. ... has been charged with two counts of death by auto ...
Filippo Catalano's death occurred within the 1909–1911 time period that Johnny Torrio was assigned to assassinate Chicago Black Hand gangsters who were extorting his uncle. It is believed he was behind Catalano's murder. By 1920, Black Hand activity had all but faded. Johnny Torrio went on to run and organize the Chicago Outfit.