On this day in 1989 Mr Clean, aka Joseph Ferriola who picked up as the head of the Chicago Outfit after Joey Aiuppa and John Cerone were sent to prison, died after having a second heart transplant at the age of 61. He lead the family from 1985 until 1988 and was quoted as a “cold-blooded terrorist”.
He was also the first mobster to undergo a heart transplant.
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