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Frank Nitti was born Francesco Raffaele Nitto, on January 27, 1881, in Angri, Campania, Italy, to Luigi and Rosina Nitto. He was the second-born child in the family and grew up with his sister, Giovannina. His was a lower-middle-class Italian family. Al Capone was his first cousin.
May 7, 2024 · Frank Nitti Dead. He had been heavily drinking at the time and the first attempts to take his own life failed when two shots grazed his head and hit his fedora. Frank Nitti. The third bullet fired through his skull from behind his right ear. Frank Nitti Dead. A severe claustrophobic Nitti couldn’t face prison time. Frank Nitti Headlines. Author.
Frank Nitti. Although Frank Nitti has gotten the reputation over the years as the right-hand man of gangster Al Capone and a feared killer in his own right, this has actually proven not to be the case. Although Nitti and Capone were as youths in New York City both members of the Five Points Gang--one of the most notorious of the city's many violent street gangs at the turn of...
Apr 17, 1988 · Frank Nitti: The Enforcer: Directed by Michael Switzer. With Anthony LaPaglia, Vincent Guastaferro, Trini Alvarado, Michael Moriarty. True story of Al Capone's notorious hitman.
Mar 17, 2003 · December 19, 1932, Frank Nitti was seriously wounded, but fully recovered. Chicago Tribune, January 1, 1933. Dr. Gaetano Ronga, father-in-law of Frank Nitti, Capone gang chief, who was wounded two weeks ago in an en counter with Detective Harry Lang of the mayor’s office, announced yesterday that the three bullets which were imbedded in Nitti’s body had all been removed.
Oct 14, 2009 · Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti. The true story of how this infamous gangster was almost murdered by a Chicago detective. by Allan May. F rank "The Enforcer" Nitti was a survivor. He survived the bullets of Robert Stack in the television series "The Untouchables," where the only character more inflated than Eliot Ness was Nitti himself.
