# Joseph Ardizzone

Missing · 1931

Joseph "Joe Iron Man" Ardizzone (born Giuseppe Ernesto Ardizzone; Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe erˈnɛsto arditˈtsoːne]; November 19, 1884 – disappeared October 15, 1931, declared dead 1938) was an Italian-born early American mobster, who became the first Boss of the Los Angeles crime family. He was involved in a long-standing feud with the Matranga family. He once claimed to have killed 30 men.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=19466883
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/joseph-ardizzone-w19466883

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1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=19466883


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