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Mary Josephine Capone (née Coughlin; April 11, 1897 – April 16, 1986) was the American wife of gangster Al Capone.
- Mae Coughlin’s Life Before Meeting Al Capone
- Coughlin Falls For Capone and Decides to “Marry Down”
- Mae Capone’s Tumultuous Life as Al Capone’s Wife
- Mae Capone: “Feorcious” Protector of An Ailing Husband
Mary “Mae” Coughlin was born on April 11, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents had emigrated from Ireland earlier that decade and started their family in America. After Mae Coughlin’s father died of a heart attack, the hardworking student left school at about age 16 to find a job at a box factory. When she first met Al Capone a few years later, ...
Al Capone was about 18 when he first met Mae Coughlin, who was two years older than him (a fact she would go to great lengths to hide throughout her life). But despite his youth and mysterious side jobs, he thoroughly charmed his girlfriend’s family. Even when she became pregnant out of wedlock, she was allowed to live openly at home before they go...
By about 1920, Mae Capone had moved to Chicago with her husband and son, Albert Francis “Sonny” Capone. Like his father before him, Sonny lost some of his hearing early on. The gangster steadily rose in the ranks in the Windy City, but along the way he also contracted syphilis from a prostitute while working as a bouncer for mob boss James “Big Jim...
Al Capone never improved. He had already begun to act strange behind bars, wearing winter clothes in his heated cell. After he was released early in 1939 for good behavior, he spent a short time seeking medical care in Baltimore before his family relocated to Palm Island, Florida. The mob had moved on and restructured. They were satisfied to have C...
Capone married Mae Josephine Coughlin at age 19, on December 30, 1918. She was Irish Catholic and earlier that month had given birth to their son Albert Francis "Sonny" Capone (1918–2004). Albert lost most of his hearing in his left ear as a child.
Dec 19, 2023 · Mae Capone, Al’s wife, was the woman who stood by amidst all the controversies that defined him. In this article, we’ll delve into the life of the woman known as Al Capone’s wife, Mae Coughlin Capone, exploring her story and shedding light on her relationship with the notorious mob boss.
Jan 23, 2023 · Mary Coughlin, a green-eyed blond of Irish extraction, caught the eye of Alphonse Gabriel Capone, who was smitten the moment he saw her at the small social club in Brooklyn, New York. He was 18, and she was two years older, and though they came from two different worlds, they fell in love, according to " Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend ."
- Andrew Amelinckx
May 12, 2020 · On December 30, 1918, Mae and Alphonse Capone were married in Brooklyn, NY. Just a few weeks earlier on December 4, 1918, Mae and Al welcomed a baby boy into the world, Albert Francis “Sonny” Capone Jr. Thanks to his father, Sonny was born with congenital syphilis, a serious infection requiring emergency brain surgery.
Aug 14, 2024 · 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.