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Magliocco, Cosa Nostra Chief, Buried Quietly on Long Island
Special to The New York Times
JANUARY 1, 1964
EAST ISLIP, L. I., Dec. 31— Joseph Magliocco, interim head of one of the most power­ful Cosa Nostra “families” in the East, was buried today fol­lowing a requiem mass attended by 50 kinsmen and friends.

The funeral procession of two floral cars and seven limousines was followed from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church here to St. Charles Cemetery at Pine­lawn by agents of the Federal Bureau of investigation and the police of the state, New York City and Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

A police official said that “no known hoods” were among the graveside mourners.

Magliocco died Saturday night of a heart attack in Good Sa­maritan Hospital at West Islip, but the police did not learn of his death until late yesterday. Dr. Sidney Weinberg, Suffolk Medical Examiner, said that the deputy examiner who certified the death had not notified the police because “he didn't know the significance of the name.”

Notoriety in 1957

But the name Magliocco was not without significance to many other residents of Suffolk County and to millions of news­paper readers and television viewers across the nation, Magliocco, known in the under­world as the “Fat Man,” burst from relative obscurity to na­tional notoriety in 1957 as one of the participants in the meet­ing of gang chieftains at Apa­lachin, N. Y.

He and 19 fellow participants in the Apalachin conference were convicted of conspiracy, but he won a reversal on ap­peal.

Magliocco's brother‐in‐law, Joseph Profaci of Brooklyn, who died of cancer on June 6, 1962, is said to have “willed” his leadership of the Profaci gang of racketeers to Magliocco. But a group of younger mem­bers—the Gallo branch of the underworld “family” — rebelled at this imposed leadership, with murders and atrocious assaults resulting on both sides.

Named at Hearings

The story of the rise of Ma­gliocco to an uneasy leadership was told before a Senate sub­committee at public hearings in Washington last October by Jo­seph Valachi turncoat member of the national crime syndicate called Cosa Nostra, also known as the Mafia.

Supplementing Valachi's story, John P. Fay, head of the Suf­folk District Attorney's racket squad, said today thatMaglioc­co's failure to halt the Gallo­Profaci war and his general in­effectiveness as interim leader had led the inner council of the syndicate to start a search for a successor several months ago.

“It was our information that Magliocco was out—a sick, old man allowed by the gang to retire,” Mr. Fay said.

The police believe that Ma­gliocco's death will intensify the search for a successor, but they can only guess whether the new leader would emerge from a

Some sources believe that John (Sonny) Franzese, a Ma­gliocco protege, may become the next head of the “family.” Frank zese,who has been cited by the police as Long Island's gam­bling boss and a hidden own­er in several bars in New York City and on the Island, has a record of a dozen arrests but on two convictions.

Magliocco, who was 65, had lived in virtual seclusion here recently in a manSion behind a chain fence surrounding his six­acre waterfront estate on Bay­view Avenue. He had invest­ment in several legitimate busi­nesses and was recently describ­ed as the power behind two Broolyn‐based companies that supply linens and liquor to many restaurants, bars and night clubs in New York City.

Good to see you posting again mrjust. Someone posted this guys grandkids still own his liquor distributor company its worth like billion dollars. And is the largest in the tristate. The guy joe m also had sons that were made and in wild bill c

Shit pmac, I didn't know Joe Magliocco's sons were part of Wild Bill's crew. Good thing he made a lot of money for his family. That's what it's all about... but it's bad when children go into that life.

Yep scarpa was giving the feds everyone in wild bills crew iy including either 1 or 2 of the sons. Think he had a funky name like ambrose he must have been old then if hes still alive. Yaeh someone posted a nyc magazine article about the families liquor distribution company its huge. I bet somehow legal or not the persico family got some type of hook in it. Carmine or allie have been the boss since 1980 they must jave stock galore.