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Killing of Johnny Stompanato. 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 the Cohen crime family, had been in a year-long relationship ...
Johnny Stompanato. 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.
Lana Turner. Actress: Madame X. Lana Turner had an acting ability that belied the "Sweater Girl" image MGM thrust upon her, and even many of her directors admitted that they knew she was capable of greatness (check out The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)). Unfortunately, her private life sometimes overshadowed her professional accomplishments. Lana Turner was born Julia Jean Mildred Francis ...
May 10, 2024 · Published May 10, 2024. An enforcer and bodyguard in the L.A. mafia, Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death in the Beverly Hills home of his girlfriend, Lana Turner, in April 1958. For years, Lana Turner was the movie star every aspiring actress wanted to be, in part for her magical beginnings. As the daughter of working-class parents born in ...
Feb 22, 2022 · Wikimedia Commons Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato, and Cheryl Crane at Los Angeles International Airport in March, 1958, just over two weeks before Crane fatally stabbed Stompanato. Despite her mother’s distance and commitment to her career, Cheryl Crane was devoted to her. The girl witnessed Turner bring home a string of “uncles ...
Feb 8, 2021 · 1. Lana Turner's father was murdered when she was a child. Lana Turner—born Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner on February 8, 1921 in Wallace, Idaho—had one of the most dramatic off-screen ...
Jun 8, 2023 · Lana: The Lady, the Legend, The Truth, Turner’s own highly enjoyable—if carefully curated—1982 autobiography, bears this assertion out.In it, Turner recounts her seven tumultuous marriages ...
