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A vintage brick three-flat in the West Town neighborhood that was the home of longtime Chicago Outfit leader Joseph “Joey the Clown” Lombardo for close to seven decades — at least, during the times ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For decades, Joey Lombardo was a court jester, pulling pranks and pratfalls, as he fought to stay out of prison for everything from extortion and labor racketeering to loan sharking ...

Infamous Chicago Outfit boss Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo has died while serving a life sentence. He was 90. CHICAGO (WLS) -- He was a killer clown. Joseph Patrick Lombardo Sr., officially ...