Editing Joe Adonis (section)

==Deportation and death==
On August 6, 1953, at a hearing in Adonis's prison, the [[US Department of Justice]] ordered Adonis's [[deportation]] to Italy. The government claimed that Adonis was an illegal [[alien (law)|alien]]. Adonis fought deportation, claiming that he was a native-born American citizen.<ref name="adonis deported">{{cite news|title=U. S. ORDERS ADONIS DEPORTED TO ITALY; Quick Ouster of Racketeer Is Foreseen, Though He Must First Face Other Charges U. S. ORDERS ADONIS DEPORTED TO ITALY|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/08/06/archives/u-s-orders-adonis-deported-to-italy-quick-ouster-of-racketeer-is.html|access-date=March 19, 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 6, 1953}}{{subscription required}}</ref> On August 9, 1953, Adonis was released from prison in New Jersey.<ref name="birth data"/>

On January 3, 1956, Adonis voluntarily left New York City on an ocean liner for [[Naples, Italy]]. His wife and children stayed behind in New Jersey.<ref name="quits US">{{cite news|title=JOE ADONIS QUITS U.S. VOLUNTARILY; Racketeer Sails for Italy to Avoid Jail Term and Eventual Deportation. Calls Departure 'a Must'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/01/04/archives/joe-adonis-quits-us-voluntarily-racketeer-sails-for-italy-to-avoid.html|access-date=March 19, 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 4, 1956}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

Once in Italy, Adonis moved into a luxurious apartment in the center of [[Milan]]. Adonis may have met with Luciano in Naples, but there is no proof of it. Over time, the financially struggling Luciano grew angry at the wealthy Adonis for not helping him.<ref>{{cite book|last=Newark|first=Tim|title=Lucky Luciano: The Real and the Fake Gangster|url=https://archive.org/details/luckylucianoreal0000newa|url-access=registration|year=2010|publisher=Thomas Dunne Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-312-60182-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/luckylucianoreal0000newa/page/246 246]|edition=1st}}{{subscription required}}</ref> On January 26, 1962, Luciano died of a heart attack in Naples at age 64.<ref name="luciano dies">{{cite news|title=Luciano Dies at 65; Was Facing Arrest; Lucky Luciano Is Dead at 65; Was Facing Arrest in Naples|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/01/27/archives/luciano-dies-at-65-was-facing-arrest-lucky-luciano-is-dead-at-65.html|access-date=March 19, 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 27, 1962}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Adonis attended the funeral service in Naples, bringing a huge floral wreath with the words, "So Long, Pal".<ref name=Sifkakis>{{cite book|last=Sifkakis|first=Carl|title=The Mafia encyclopedia|year=2005|publisher=Facts on File|location=New York|isbn=0-8160-5694-3|page=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jgCpxTpPCPcC&q=%22Joe+Adonis%22&pg=PA3|edition=3rd|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref>

In June 1971, the Italian government forced Adonis to leave his Milan residence and move to [[Serra de' Conti]], a small town near the [[Adriatic Sea]]. Adonis was one of 115 suspected mobsters relocated to Serra de' Conti after the assassination in May of [[Pietro Scaglione]], the public prosecutor of [[Palermo, Sicily]].<ref name="near death">{{cite news|title=Joe Adonis Is Near Death After Pulmonary Collapse|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/24/archives/joe-adonis-is-near-death-after-pulmonary-collapse.html|access-date=March 19, 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 24, 1971|quote=ANCONA, Italy, Nov. 23 (Reuters)—Joe Adonis, said to have been a king of the American underworld, suffered pulmonary collapse tonight and is close to death, according to hospital sources.}}{{subscription required}}</ref> In late November 1971, Italian police forces transported Adonis to a small hillside shack near [[Ancona, Italy]], for interrogation. During the lengthy questioning and some abusive treatment, Adonis suffered a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref name="adonis dies">{{cite news|title=Joe Adonis, Underworld Gambling King, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/27/archives/joe-adonis-underworld-gambling-kint-dies.html|access-date=March 19, 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 27, 1971|quote=ANCONA, Italy, Nov. 26—Giuseppe Antonio Doto, also known as Joe Adonis, once a leader of the United States underworld, died here this afternoon. He was 69 years old. [...] He was born at Montemarano near Avellino, east of Naples, on Nov. 22, 1902, and his parents soon afterwards took him to the United States.}}{{subscription required}}</ref> He was taken to a regional hospital in Ancona, where he died several days later on November 26, 1971.

===Burial===
The U.S. government allowed Adonis's family to bring his body back to the United States for burial. Adonis' funeral Mass was held at the Church of the Epiphany in [[Cliffside Park, New Jersey]], attended only by his immediate family.<ref name="funeral services">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/07/archives/other-members-of-mafia-miss-funeral-services-for-adonis.html|title=Other Members of Mafia Miss Funeral Services for Adonis|last=Markham|first=James M.|date=December 7, 1971|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 19, 2020|quote=FORT LEE, N. J., Dec. 6— Giuseppe Antonio Doto, known in life as Jpe Adonis, was bUried here today, accompanied to the wind‐chilled Madonna Roman Catholic Cemetery by members of his immediate family. [...] Newsmen principally trailed Adonis's wife, Joan, and the four Adonis children, Joseph, 38, Mrs. Dolores Maria Olmo, 32, Mrs. Anna Arietta, 21, and Elizabeth Doto,}}{{subscription required}}</ref> He is buried in [[Madonna Church (Fort Lee, New Jersey)|Madonna Cemetery]] in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]] under his family name of Joseph Antonio Doto.<ref>Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More than 14000 Famous Persons, Scott Wilson</ref>