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Anthony Joseph Accardo (/ ə ˈ k ɑː r d oʊ /; born Antonino Leonardo Accardo, Italian: [antoˈniːno leoˈnardo akˈkardo]; April 28, 1906 – May 22, 1992), also known as "Joe Batters" and "Big Tuna", was an American longtime mobster.
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May 3, 2024 · By Tim Brinkhof | Edited By John Kuroski. Published May 3, 2024. Updated May 15, 2024. Tony Accardo's criminal career spanned eight decades as he went from street thug to succeeding Al Capone as boss of the Chicago Outfit — and only spent a single night in jail.
Jan 26, 2022 · Tony Accardo rose to the top of the Chicago Outfit, the organized crime family best known for its connection to Al Capone. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive. In 1931, the infamous Chicago Crime...
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May 28, 1992 · Anthony J. Accardo, who rose to become the reputed boss of the Chicago crime syndicate from a job as Al Capone`s bodyguard on no more than a 6th-grade education, died Wednesday night in St....
Accardo allegedly took control of the Chicago mob when Ricca retired, but would deny it to his death. The IRS probed into Accardo’s bank accounts and indicted him in 1960 for tax evasion. He was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $15,000.
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The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Accardo, Tony (“Big Tuna”) (b. 28 April 1906 in Chicago, Illinois; d. 27 May 1992 in Chicago, Illinois), gangster and mob boss of organized crime in Chicago, who was hailed as the “Genuine Godfather.”Accardo was born in Chicago’s “Little Sicily” to Francesco Accardo, a shoemaker, and ...
Oct 14, 2020 · A Brutal Enforcer and Rising Mafioso. Frankie Yale dead in the streets. Accardo made his mark in the Chicago Outfit as one of their most brutal enforcers. He was alleged to have killed three members of the Outfit believed to have been turncoats by beating them to death with a baseball bat.
