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{{short description|Italian-American mobster (1902–1971)}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox criminal | name = Joseph Adonis | image_name = Joe Adonis (mugshot, 1937).jpg | image_caption = Adonis' mugshot (1937) | birth_name = Giuseppe Antonio Doto | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|11|22|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Montemarano]], [[Campania]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|11|26|1902|11|22|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Ancona]], [[Marche]], Italy | resting_place = Madonna Cemetery, [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]], U.S. | alias = Joey A.<br>Joey Adonis<br>Joe Adone<br>Joe Arosa<br>James Arosa<br>Joe DeMio | nationality = Italian | allegiance = [[Genovese crime family]] | spouse = {{marriage|Jean Montemorano|1932}} | motive = | charge = | conviction = [[Illegal gambling]] (1951) | conviction_penalty = 2 to 3 years' imprisonment | conviction_status = | occupation = [[Mobster]] | children = 4 }} '''Joseph Anthony Doto'''<ref>{{cite news|title=LIVING IN BERGEN|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/182906184/?terms=joseph%2Banthony%2Bdoto%2Bjoe%2Badonis&match=7|date=December 5, 1951|quote=Joseph Anthony Doto, called Joe Adonis.|via=[[Newspaper.com]]|url-access=subscription|work=[[Star Tribune]]|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> (born '''Giuseppe Antonio Doto''', {{IPA|it|dʒuˈzɛppe anˈtɔːnjo ˈdɔːto|lang}}; November 22, 1902 – November 26, 1971), known as '''Joe Adonis''', was an Italian-American mobster who was an important participant in the formation of the modern [[Cosa Nostra]] crime families in [[New York City]] and the [[National Crime Syndicate]]. Doto became a powerful [[caporegime]] in the [[Genovese crime family|Luciano crime family]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vincent |first1=E. Duke |title=Mafia Summer A Novel |date=December 13, 2008 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=9781596919273 |pages=X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhmbGZgL5lYC&dq=joe+adonis+caporegime&pg=PR10 |access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref>
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