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Anthony Joseph Accardo (/ ə ˈ k ɑː r d oʊ /; born Antonino Leonardo Accardo, Italian: [antoˈniːno leoˈnardo akˈkardo]; April 28, 1906 – May 22, 1992), also known as "Joe Batters" and "Big Tuna", was an American longtime mobster.
May 3, 2024 · Tony Accardo Led The Chicago Mafia For Decades — And Somehow Avoided Prison. Tony Accardo's criminal career spanned eight decades as he went from street thug to succeeding Al Capone as boss of the Chicago Outfit — and only spent a single night in jail.
Jan 26, 2022 · Ten days after the 1906 earthquake, Tony Accardo was born in Chicago’s Little Italy. Accardo was 14 when he dropped out of school. By 16, he was working for Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn, one of Al...
Jan 18, 2018 · Feeling disrespected and unappreciated, a rogue Chicago Outfit burglary crew robbed the suburban mansion of longtime crime boss Tony “Big Tuna” Accardo. It happened 40 years ago this month, in the early morning hours of January 6, 1978.
Tony Accardo was an American criminal, who is considered to be one of the sharpest Chicago mob bosses of all time, with a career spanning over six decades. Starting out as a bodyguard for Al Capone, he slowly rose through the ranks, becoming the boss and finally the ultimate authority of the Outfit by the time he was 70.
Oct 3, 2005 · The big boss, Tony Accardo, tapped Lombardo to serve in two key, overlapping roles: overseeing the Teamsters union's Central States Pension Fund (otherwise known as the mafia's bank because the...
Oct 14, 2020 · Tony Accardo, also known as Joe Batters, was the de facto boss of the Chicago Outfit who never spent a day in jail, despite a lengthy career in the mafia. He died a successful businessman and to many, a never tried or convicted mass murderer.
May 28, 1992 · Anthony J. Accardo, who rose to become the reputed boss of the Chicago crime syndicate from a job as Al Capone`s bodyguard on no more than a 6th-grade education, died Wednesday night in St....
May 29, 1992 · Anthony Joseph Accardo, a former reputed head of the Chicago crime syndicate whom law-enforcement officials considered responsible for scores of murders during a 60-year career in...
Oct 29, 1995 · Roemer begins his biography of mob chief Tony Accardo with the phony birth certificate Accardo’s parents whomped up so he could drop out of school while he was only 14. As Roemer points out,...
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