Today is Tuesday, April 7th, 2020.

On this day in 1972, notorious mobster Joseph Crazy Joe Gallo was gunned down in front of his family in a

clam bar in Little Italy. The killing would reenter the public consciousness decades

later when a notorious hitman confessed to the murder.

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Today we're covering the murder of mobster Joseph Crazy Joe Gallo.

Let's go back to New York's Little Italy around 4.30 in the morning. Joe Gallo strutted down the street, slightly buzzed and incredibly happy. He was celebrating his forty-rd birthday and he and his family had just seen Don Rickles perform live

He looked at his wife of three weeks,

Cina, still fresh with the honeymoon glow. He looked at his 10-year-old

new stepdaughter, Lisa, her childlike excitement invigorating. He heard his beloved sister Carmela's laughter trail

through the air and he knew his bodyguard Pete Diopolis was making googu eyes

at his date a lovely lady he had brought along to join in the fun.

Joe was in a grand mood. He wanted to keep the night going at one of his favorite restaurants,

Umberto's Clamhouse.

The atmosphere was always friendly and it was open all night.

Joe thought the night would only get better, but he didn't notice the man sitting at the bar whose eyes had gone

wide at his entrance. As Joe and his group sat down at a corner table the man got up and left the restaurant.

His name was Joseph Luperelli.

He was a high-ranking member of the Colombo Crime Family and the Colombo's had marked Joe G. a

speaking member of the Colombo crime family, and the Colombo's had marked Joe Gallo for death.

Luperelli hustled into a restaurant two blocks down, one frequented by Colombo gang members.

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