Giuseppe (Joe) Ianni – aka Joseph Ianni – was born on August 23, 1913, in Calabria, Italy. He immigrated to the United States as a teenage boy with his parents Francesco and Marianna (nee’ Calabro) Ianni and his two sisters Frances and Evelyn.
Joe’s father Francesco, better known as Frank, was an early member of the Calabrian Mafia.
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