Books BY ANGELA MATUA BEHIND the SCENES Astoria author explores life and mysterious shooting of Joe Colombo, mob boss and Italian-American civic leader Don Capria describes himself as a “true crime aficionado” who has, for a long time, poured through books about Lucky Luciano, Al Capone, Joe Gallo and other mob bosses. But the Astoria resident was most fascinated by Joe Colombo, a Brooklyn native who headed the Colombo crime family. The Italian-American was different from other alleged mob bosses in that he was not afraid to speak to the media or confront law enforcement. Capria met with Colombo’s oldest son Anthony at a diner upstate in 2009. He originally wanted to write a script portraying Colombo’s life and wanted to get input from his family. “If anyone is going to tell a story about him it’s going to be his son,” Capria said. The script turned into a book called “Colombo: The Unsolved Murder” that was self-published in December 2015. Anthony Colombo agreed to co-author the book on several conditions. Anthony Colombo would share the story of his father as a civic leader and important figure in the Italian-American community. Capria, who wrote most of the 400 pages, could talk about his ties to crime if he had proof to back it up. “I didn’t buy all the information that was out there about Joe Colombo,”
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