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Sam Giancana. Salvatore Mooney Giancana[ 1] ( / dʒiɑːnˈkɑːnə /; born Gilormo Giangana; [ nb 1] Italian: [dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908 [ nb 2] – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966. Giancana was born in Chicago to Italian immigrant parents.
Jan 6, 2021 · Phyllis McGuire, the last of the popular McGuire Sisters singing trio and onetime girlfriend of Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana, died December 29 at her Las Vegas home. She was 89.
Apr 6, 2019 · ‘Mafia Spies’: Sam Giancana is gunned down before he can be called before Senate. By Thomas Maier. Apr 6, 2019, 6:30am PDT. Florida mobster Santo Trafficante Jr., the last man standing in the mob-CIA conspiracy against Castro. | Library of Congress.
May 20, 2021 · Organized crime boss, Sam Giancana climbed to the top of Chicago's underworld and became a player on the national stage through shadowy ties to the Kennedys.
Nov 18, 2021 · Nicknamed ‘Momo’ from the slang term ‘Mooney’, meaning crazy, Sam Giancana was the boss of the infamous Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966. He had joined the mob as a young man, working under Al Capone, before eventually taking over the criminal enterprise.
May 16, 2024 · Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana aided a CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro, allegedly helped assassinate President Kennedy, and may have been with Marilyn Monroe on her last night alive. Powerful mobsters proliferated in 20th century America, but their influence didn’t remain in the underground world.
In the 1950s, Salvatore “Sam” Giancana became the leader of the powerful Chicago-based branch of the American Mob called the Outfit that was created by Al Capone. But his enduring notoriety comes from theories that put the Mob, and specifically Giancana and associates, at the center of conspiracies to assassinate President John F. Kennedy.
Sam Giancana was a major American gangster, the top syndicate boss in Chicago from 1957 to 1966, who was noted for his friendships with show-business personalities and for his ruthlessness. Born and reared in Chicago’s “Little Italy” on the near southwest side, Giancana began working for Al Capone.
Salvatore Mooney Giancana ( / dʒiɑːnˈkɑːnə /; born Gilormo Giangana; Italian: [ dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908 – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966.
GIANCANA, Salvatore ("Sam") (b. 15 June 1908 in Chicago, Illinois; d. 19 June 1975 in Oak Park, Chicago), crime syndicate boss who began his career as a "soldier" for Al Capone, controlled organized crime in Chicago between 1956 and 1966, and was an ally and later enemy of the Kennedy family.
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