The father, Giuseppe "Joseph" Gallo, Sr., immigrant from Fossano, Italy, after a period of menial labor started farming grapes, founded a winery, and died in a murder-suicide when he shot his wife and then killed himself.
His younger brother, Joseph Gallo, died on February 17, 2007, at age eighty-seven.
Weeks later, on March 6, 2007, Ernest Gallo died at his home in Modesto, California, twelve days shy of his 98th birthday.
[5] Joseph Edward Gallo (September 11, 1919 – February 17, 2007) was a prominent California rancher.
He founded one of the largest family-owned dairy operations in the world, Joseph Gallo Farms, which produces dairy products including a variety of cheeses.