November 2024 issue contents
The New York newspapers of April 4, 1971, reported that Joseph Valachi had died of a “heart attack” the previous day. The New York Daily News suggested, “It was an incongruously peaceful end for a professional killer who had run with the mobs since he was 15…” While the final narcotic-dulled seconds of Valachi’s troubled life must have been tranquil, his last moments of full consciousness were tortured...
Valachi's exit
Much was omitted from official reports
The New York newspapers of April 4, 1971, reported that Joseph Valachi had died of a “heart attack” the previous day. The New York Daily News suggested, “It was an incongruously peaceful end for a professional killer who had run with the mobs since he was 15…” While the final narcotic-dulled seconds of Valachi’s troubled life must have been tranquil, his last moments of full consciousness were tortured...
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