On June 6, 1962, Italian-born New York City Cosa Nostra boss, who was the founder of what became the Colombo crime family, Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci died in South Side Hospital in Bay Shore, New York of liver cancer. In 1920, Profaci spent 1 year in prison in Palermo on theft charges. Released from prison in 1921, Profaci emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City on September 4. Profaci settled in Chicago, where he opened a grocery store & bakery. But the busines