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John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958) was a United States Marine and gangster who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress Lana Turner .
On the evening of April 4, 1958, 14-year-old Cheryl Crane fatally stabbed 32-year-old Johnny Stompanato, the boyfriend of her mother, actress Lana Turner, at Turner's rented home in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
May 10, 2024 · Johnny Stompanato was a notorious gangster and Lana Turner's abusive boyfriend. He was killed by Cheryl Crane, Turner's 14-year-old daughter, in 1958 after a violent argument.
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Jan 28, 2024 · Casey Sherman's new book A Murder in Hollywood argues that Cheryl Crane, then 14, stabbed the gangster in self-defense in 1958. The author reveals how Lana Turner was targeted by Stompanato and his boss Mickey Cohen for extortion.
Johnny Stompanato was a former U.S. Marine, a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen, and a notorious playboy and blackmailer in Hollywood. He was stabbed to death by his girlfriend Lara Turner's daughter Cheryl Crane in 1958.
Aug 10, 2015 · On the floor of her upstairs bedroom lay the lifeless body of Johnny Stompanato, her handsome tough-guy beau and reputed associate of mobster Mickey Cohen. Advertisement. Stompanato had been...
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Nov 21, 2020 · Johnny Stompanato and his place in Southern California gangster noir are perhaps more about the perception of how Tinseltown saw him in the context not of organized crime, but the way he disturbed their sense of order and place.
