carmine john persico jr. (august 8, 1933 – march 7, 2019), also known as "junior", "the snake" and "immortal", was an american criminal and convicted racketeer. he was the long-time boss of the colombo crime family from 1973 until his death. he was serving a sentence of 139 years in federal prison from 1987, until his death. he was born in brooklyn, new york.