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Jan 25, 2017 · His physical and mental health continued to deteriorate and his syphilis worsened with each passing year until his death in Florida, of heart failure, on Jan. 25, 1947.
May 14, 2020 · The film paints Capone as a man succumbing to dementia as a result of neurosyphilis, an infection of the central nervous system caused by the sexually transmitted infection syphilis.
Feb 14, 2020 · Capone had syphilis, which ultimately got him out of prison, but it also meant that he was destined to die a weak, confused, delusional man. Untreated for years, syphilis destroyed Capone like it has brought down world leaders and artists throughout history.
Apr 18, 2024 · After years of failing health due to syphilis, Al Capone died of cardiac arrest caused by apoplexy at his home in Miami Beach on January 25, 1947.
Al Capone (born January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 25, 1947, Palm Island, Miami Beach, Florida) was an American Prohibition-era gangster, who dominated organized crime in Chicago from 1925 to 1931 and became perhaps the most famous gangster in the United States.
Oct 16, 2016 · Al Capone, Public Enemy No. 1 and the most powerful gangster of the Prohibition era, spent the last years of his life in seclusion at his house in Florida. He fished from his boat, doted on his...
Capone began in Chicago as a bouncer in a brothel, which is thought to be most likely where he contracted syphilis. Capone was aware of being infected at an early stage and timely use of Salvarsan probably could have cured the infection, but he apparently never sought treatment. [24]
