Joseph "Joey" Gallo, a.k.a. "Crazy Joe", "Joe The Blon", (April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972) was a New York City gangster, gunman, and racketeer of the Profaci crime family (later known as the Colombo crime family). Joey and his two brothers would initiate one of the bloodiest mob conflicts since the Castellammarese War in 1931. His brothers were Lawrence Gallo and Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo.