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James Jimmy the Hat Lanza (October 25 1902 – February 14 2006) was an Italian-American mobster and boss of the San Francisco crime family. He was the son of the first known boss of the San Francisco crime family and took over in 1961 which is now probably extinct. He was first noticed when Life magazine published his photo in the late 1960s identifying him as boss of the San Francisco crime family.