Tom Dibella was acting boss in the 70's for Persico. I know he was the one who inducted Mike Franzese in 75. Does anybody have anymore info on Dibella? Did he got to jail eventually or did he die a long time ago?
DiBella died in 1988 and it looks like DiBella served as an acting consigliere in the early 1980s. He was a low key guy who primarily was legit, working at the docks in South Brooklyn until retirement. Probably made in the late 1920s. He did serve as an acting boss in 1972 and to the contrary of what Franzese says, he was made the official boss of the Colombos in 1973. This is confirmed by Scarpa. DiBella stepped down in 1980 when Persico took over.