Carmine "The Snake" Persico, the unpredictable boss of one of the nation's most powerful Mafia families, died Thursday in a North Carolina prison, The New York Times reported. He was 85.

Carmine “The Snake” Persico, the unpredictable boss of one of the nation’s most powerful Mafia families, died Thursday in a North Carolina prison, The New York Times reported. He was 85.

DURHAM, N.C. — Carmine "The Snake" Persico, the unpredictable boss of one of the nation's most powerful Mafia families, died Thursday in a North Carolina prison, The New York Times reported. He ...

DURHAM, N.C. — Carmine "The Snake" Persico, the unpredictable boss of one of the nation's most powerful Mafia families, died Thursday in a North Carolina prison, The New York Times reported.

Carmine “The Snake” Persico, the locked-up longtime boss of the Colombo crime family, has died, according to his lawyer — who is blaming the partial government shutdown for “accelerating ...

In 1931, the Five Families were established among New York City’s mafia. They included the Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese, Bonanno, and Colombo crime families.