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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.
Charles Langhauser. Arrests. Cheryl Crane. Verdict. Justifiable homicide. Convictions. None. 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 ...
May 10, 2024 · Johnny Stompanato was a mobster and pimp who dated Hollywood star Lana Turner in the 1950s. He was killed by her daughter Cheryl Crane, who mistook a clothes hanger for a gun in a violent confrontation.
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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.
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Mar 28, 2008 · Fifty years ago on an April Good Friday, Johnny Stompanato, the on-and-off lover of the movie star Lana Turner, was stabbed to death in her Beverly Hills bedroom by Turner’s 14-year-old...
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...
