Talk:Joseph Colombo

The Godfather — a reason for Colombo's assasination/assault?

The following was placed in the article history by User:149.68.7.92:

I didn't edit anything but, umm, he was assasinated because of his involvement with allowing Paramount to film The Godfather. Amazing that wasn't mentioned.

So I looked around and found out that something to this effect was also implied in the Colombo crime family article:

[...] Colombo set up the Italian-American Civil Rights League to defend Italian Americans from what he saw as prejudice at the hands of the law enforcement authorities. In an organisation that prided itself on keeping a low profile, the publicity Colombo brought on the mafia was decidedly unwelcome - through his involvement with the League, he was frequently to be found, willingly, on television and in the press, where a Mafia boss usually only finds himself when having to defend himself in court.

Emphasis mine. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything to corroborate the claim in question. An expert is needed. --jibun_{≈παντα ρει≈} (keskustele!) 01:21, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The assertion made above can be found in the documentary, "The Godfather and the Mob" (2006) At the same time that the crew of the Godfather was filming a scene in the movie where a mobster is shot in a revolving door, four blocks away, Joe Colombo is assassinated by suspected rival mob leader(s). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.143.102.148 (talk) 00:57, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

No sources

There's no citation to his birth place and this article seems to generally lack sources. TomNyj0127 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:40, 5 September 2009 (UTC).

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I noticed that at Find a Grave his year of birth is given as 1923. This would align more factually with his photographs as he does not look to be in his 60s. There is a book out describing the making of The Godfather movie and Colombo's negotiations with the studio and producers through the League. Sorry that I don't have the book title or author at hand. Telegrapher52 19:19, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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