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May 6, 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.
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17 hours ago · On April 21, 1986, 30 million viewers watched The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults, a two-hour live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera. The show explored secret chambers that were recently ...
3 days ago · Capone was involved in many fights with fellow prisoners, including one with an inmate who held a blade to his throat in the prison barbershop after Capone attempted to cut the line. He was released from jail in November 1939 and lived in Miami until his death in 1947 at 48 years of age.
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May 2, 2024 · Description. Al Capone died on January 25th, 1947 of a cardiac arrest, along with minor complications of syphilis and pneumonia. Creator. Florida Mortuary. Source. http://www.nationalcrimesyndicate.com/on-this-day-in-1947-al-capone-died/ Date. January 29th, 1947. Collection. United States History, 1914-1945. Citation.
2 days ago · Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison and given a $50,000 fine, in 1931 and went to prison in 1932, he was sent to Atlanta at first and then onto the newly opened Alcatraz prison in California, where he was stabbed by another inmate, though Capone wasn’t badly hurt.