Carmine John Persico Jr., also known as "Junior", "The Snake" and "Immortal", was an American mobster and the longtime boss of the Colombo crime family in New York City from 1973 until his death in 2019. He had been serving 32 years in federal... Wikipedia
Born: August 8, 1933, New York, NY
Died: March 7, 2019 (age 85 years), Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
Children: Alphonse Persico
Grandchild: Suzanne Farese
Siblings: Theodore Persico
Conviction(s): Hijacking and loan-sharking (1973); Conspiracy and racketeering (1981); Racketeering (1986); Racketeering (1986)
Other names: "Junior", "The Snake", "Immortal"
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