Vincent Alo

AKA:

Jimmy Blue Eyes

Birth Name:

Vincent J. Alo

Birth Date:

May 26, 1904

Birth Place:

Harlem, New York

Death Date:

March 9, 2001

Place of Death:

Sea Air Towers, 3725 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood, Florida

Age:

Cause of Death:

Complications from cerebral hemorrhage

Cemetery Name:

Woodlawn Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Crime and their Victims

Associates:

Meyer Lansky

Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes” Alo was a mobster and made man who operated for decades alongside Meyer Lansky and Charles “Lucky” Luciano while staying well outside of the spotlight. Called "one of the most significant organized crime figures in the United States" by the U.S. District Attorney, Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo was just 15 years old when Prohibition became law. Over the next decade, Alo would work side by side with Lansky and Luciano as they navigated the brutal underworld of bootlegging, thievery and murder. Alo’s later career included prison time and the ultimate Mob tribute: being immortalized as "Johnny Ola" in The Godfather, Part II. Born in East Harlem in 1904, Alo built a quiet reputation in gambling rackets stretching from the Bronx to South Florida. FBI files placed him at the center of underground casinos, loan operations and even the Las Vegas skim. He avoided major indictments and convictions, making him an outlier in a world defined by arrests, violence and betrayal. Alo died in 2001 at age 96. And while he passed away in Florida from a complications of a stroke, Vicenet Alo was returned to NYC to be buried with is family at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

Fun Facts

Despite multiple sites and opinions that Jimmy Alo never went to prison, as a young man Alo was convicted of armed robbery and sent to Dannemora state prison in New York for a five-year stretch.

Jimmy was a very powerful mobster, but always kept very low profile. He was the man who ordered Harry Cohn (studio head of Colombia Pictures) to give Frank Sinatra the starring role in the classic film From Here To Eternity.

After Meyer Lansky died, Alo looked after his son, Buddy Lansky, who was born with cerebral palsy.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Woodlawn Cemetery

4199 Webster Avenue

Bronx, New York, 10470

USA

North America

Map:

Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York

Grave Location:

Alo Family Plot, Arbutus Plot, Section 180, South Lot 16933

Grave Location Description

As you are driving on Park Avenue, stop between Myosotis Avenue and Alpine Avenue. On one side you will find the “Gregory” headstone and across the street you will see the Getcher Mausoleum. Walk to the left of the Getcher Mausoleum and 4 rows from the road you will see the 10-foot Alo monument with Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes” Alo’s flat memorial along with his extended family.

Grave Location GPS

40.884261226973, -73.874305258283

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FAQ's

Vincent Alo was born on May 26, 1904.

Vincent Alo was born in Harlem, New York.

Vincent Alo died on March 9, 2001.

Vincent Alo died in Sea Air Towers, 3725 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood, Florida.

Vincent Alo was 96.

The cause of death was Complications from cerebral hemorrhage.

Vincent Alo's grave is in Woodlawn Cemetery

Videos Featuring Vincent Alo:

Vincent Alo: The Gentleman Mobster Who Ruled Miami’s Underworld

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The Life Of A Gangster, Gentlemen and The Right Hand Man of Meyer Lansky: Vincent Alo

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Vincent Alo