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词条 Rosario DeSimone
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  1. Biography

     Family 

  2. References

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Salaparuta, Sicily, Italy
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|7|15|1873|12|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Downey, California
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| nationality = Italian
| other_names = The Chief
| known_for = Mob Activity
| spouse = Rosalie DeSimone
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Frank DeSimone
Joe DeSimone
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Rosario DeSimone (11 December 1873 – 15 July 1946), was the head of an Italian crime family during the 1920s to 1940s that was the predecessor to the Los Angeles crime family of the American Mafia. Rosario was the father of the future California mob boss, Frank DeSimone. Not to be confused with the Chicago Italian Timothy Rosario DeSimone.

Biography

DeSimone was born in Salaparuta, Sicily, in Italy, on 11 December 1873. He initially settled in New Orleans before moving to Pueblo, Colorado. In Pueblo he was part of that city's Mafia organization, and was evidently well-respected. He became a close ally of Vito Di Giorgio in Los Angeles. Upon Di Giorgio's death in Chicago in 1922, DeSimone took power. His empire spanned over Los Angeles County. His rule in Los Angeles was brief, and he stepped down around 1925. He later became a legitimate businessman who settled in Downey, California. Rosario died of natural causes in 1946. According to his eulogy various things happened over the course of his life, some of them good, some of them not so much.

Family

DeSimone married and fathered several children. His son by his first wife, Leon DeSimone, graduated from Stanford University and became a successful Los Angeles surgeon. DeSimone fathered two sons by his second wife Rosalia Cordo. Frank DeSimone, his second son, became a criminal attorney and later don of the crime family, reigning from 1956 to 1967. His third son, Joseph, became a dentist. His first and third sons had no interest in leading a life of crime. DeSimone also had two daughters, Josephine and Towina.

Several of Rosario's other descendants also became involved in the Mafia. They include his grandsons Thomas DeSimone, Robert DeSimone, Anthony DeSimone, and Joseph DeSimone. Others include his granddaughter Dolores DeSimone and relatives Franky DeSimone, Ralph DeSimone, Phil DeSimone, and James DeSimone.

References

  • Gentile, Nick, with Felice Chilanti. Vita Di Capomafia. Rome: Editori Riuniti, 1963.
  • Warner, Richard N. "The First Mafia Boss of Los Angeles? The Mystery of Vito Di Giorgio, 1880-1922." On The Spot Journal (Summer 2008), 46-54.
  • Los Angeles Times obituary for Rosario DeSimone, July 17, 1946
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11 : 1873 births|1946 deaths|People from the Province of Trapani|Italian emigrants to the United States|American mobsters of Sicilian descent|American mob bosses|History of Los Angeles|Los Angeles crime family|Criminals of Los Angeles|Prohibition-era gangsters|People from Downey, California

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