Modica (a man who 'bumped' slot machines and a liquor store owner in Tarzana) and Burbank liquor store owner Dominic Raspona. Jimmy Fratianno also accused DeSimone of ruining his extortion case defense case by not recording one of the defendant's key witnesses, a man who skipped town before being able to take the stand. DeSimone was later disbarred in California from practicing law because of his criminal activities. In the 1960s, Joseph Bonanno, in a plot to take over The Commission, plotted the murder of Mafia bosses Thomas Lucchese, Carlo Gambino, and Stefano Magaddino, and then added DeSimone to the list for good measure. Although never carried out, DeSimone didn't learn about that plan until after it was thwarted. This caused DeSimone to become very paranoid. Personal life During the later part of his life, he never went out during night, and lived with his elderly mother in middle class Downey, California. DeSimone died of a heart attack at the age of 58. After DeSimone's death, Nick Licata, DeSimone's third underboss, was named the next Los Angeles Boss. References 1909 births 1967 deaths American crime bosses California lawyers Los Angeles crime family American gangsters of Sicilian descent 20th-century American lawyers American people of Italian descent Deaths from coronary artery disease