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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.
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.
Jan 28, 2024 · In his new book A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown’s Most Shocking Crime, out Feb. 13 from Sourcebooks, the author examines the infamous 1958 murder of gangster Johnny...
May 10, 2024 · The bodyguard of Mickey Cohen, Johnny Stompanato was a notorious L.A. mobster before he was stabbed to death in Lana Turner's home on April 4, 1958. Turner's daughter has always maintained that she killed Stompanato in her mother's defense, but rumors have swirled that Turned killed him herself.
- Morgan Dunn
Feb 17, 2024 · In 1958, Lana Turner's teenage daughter Cheryl stabbed her mother's gangster lover Johnny Stompanato to death.
- Gavin Newsham
Aug 10, 2015 · Stompanato had been stabbed in the abdomen with a butcher knife. Before the night was out, Turner’s 14-year-old daughter confessed to delivering the fatal wounds.
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Jun 8, 2023 · On April 4, 1958, 14-year-old Crane killed Johnny Stompanato, her mother’s abusive boyfriend, who had ties to the gangster Mickey Cohen. The story became a media sensation.
