Talk:Joseph Colombo

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: 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) (edit)

[edit] 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)