Chicago Outfit: Joseph "Joey The Clown" Lombardo

Joseph Patrick Lombardo (Born Giuseppe Lombardi)
January 1st, 1929 – October 19, 2019
Also known as "Joey the Clown" he was an American mobster and a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit crime organization. He was alleged to be the Consigliere of the Outfit.

Lombardo was born on January 1, 1929, in Chicago, one of 11 children to Italian immigrants from Bari, Mike Lombardi, a butcher, and Carmela Lombardi. Lombardo, a high school dropout, at some point changed the final letter of his last name.

He joined the Outfit in the 1950s.