What is Anthony Provenzano?
'''Anthony Provenzano''' (May 7, 1917 – December 12, 1988), also known as '''Tony Pro''', was an American mobster. He was a member of the [[Genovese crime family]] [[New Jersey]] faction. Provenzano was known for his dealings with [[Teamsters Union]] director [[Jimmy Hoffa]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Teamsters' Watergate Connection |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915202,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212141149/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915202,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-02-12 | magazine=Time magazine | date=1977-08-08}}</ref> due to Provenzano's job as an [[International Brotherhood of Teamsters]] president for Local 560 in [[Union City, New Jersey]].<ref>[http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/edu/hedo&i6-52.000/hedo&i6-52.htm Lessons Learned From the Teamsters Local 560 Trusteeship] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607215103/http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/edu/hedo%26i6-52.000/hedo%26i6-52.htm |date=2010-06-07 }}</ref><ref name=death>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/13/obituaries/anthony-provanzano-71-ex-teamster-chief-dies.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104073016/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/13/obituaries/anthony-provanzano-71-ex-teamster-chief-dies.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 4, 2019 | work=The New York Times | first=Robert D. | last=McFadden | title=Anthony Provanzano, 71, Ex-Teamster Chief, Dies | date=December 13, 1988}}</ref> He was born in [[New York City]]. On December 12, 1988, Provenzano died of a [[heart attack]] at Lompoc Federal Penitentiary in [[Lompoc, California]], aged 71.<ref name=death/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Provenzano, Anthony}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:1988 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Criminals from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}