Originally Posted by NYMafia
Originally Posted by Hollander
Joe Bonanno of the Bonanno crime family, which he ran from 1931 to 1968.


Yep. If he didn't have that internal conflict within his borgata, with the longevity he had? Lol. Bonanno would have remained boss until the day he died at 97, in 2002.


In 1968, after a heart attack, Joe Bonanno ended the family warfare by agreeing to retire as boss and move to Arizona.


"The king is dead, long live the king!"