‘Tony Pro’ Dies in Detention

Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano, convicted mob chieftain and ousted Teamster official, died today in a hospital near the federal prison where he was serving a 20-year term for racketeering, authorities said. He was 71.

Provenzano died of a heart attack at 7:56 a.m. at Lompoc District Hospital, where he was being treated for congestive heart failure, a spokesman for the maximum-security prison said. He had been convicted of two racketeering conspiracy offenses. In July, 1975, former Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa disappeared while on his way to a Detroit meeting with Provenzano, a member of the Genovese crime family. Hoffa’s body was never found.