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Killing of Johnny Stompanato. 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. Stompanato, an ex- Marine and affiliate of the Cohen crime family, had been in a year-long relationship ...
Lana Turner was born Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner in Wallace, Idaho. There is some discrepancy as to whether her birth date is February 8, 1920 or 1921. Lana herself said in her autobiography that she was one year younger (1921) than the records showed, but then this was a time where women, especially actresses, tended to "fib" a bit about ...
Johnny Stompanato. 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.
May 10, 2024 · Published May 10, 2024. An enforcer and bodyguard in the L.A. mafia, Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death in the Beverly Hills home of his girlfriend, Lana Turner, in April 1958. For years, Lana Turner was the movie star every aspiring actress wanted to be, in part for her magical beginnings. As the daughter of working-class parents born in ...
Jan 28, 2024 · Lana Turner (left) with daughter Cheryl Crane in 1952. Bob Beerman/Hulton Archive/Getty. Despite the official verdict, Sherman, who views Turner as a “feminist icon” and early pioneer to the # ...
Feb 22, 2022 · Wikimedia Commons Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato, and Cheryl Crane at Los Angeles International Airport in March, 1958, just over two weeks before Crane fatally stabbed Stompanato. Despite her mother’s distance and commitment to her career, Cheryl Crane was devoted to her. The girl witnessed Turner bring home a string of “uncles ...
Jul 13, 2018 · The glamorous life of Hollywood's ultimate blonde Sweater Girl star Lana Turner took a harrowing turn in 1958 — with her daughter Cheryl Crane at the front lines. As a star at MGM for 17 years ...
