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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.
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.
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.
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...
Johnny Stompanato was underworld crime mafia Mickey Cohen’s chief operative and bodyguard. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.
Aug 10, 2015 · On the floor of her upstairs bedroom lay the lifeless body of Johnny Stompanato, her handsome tough-guy beau and reputed associate of mobster Mickey Cohen. Advertisement. Stompanato had been...
Nov 21, 2020 · Johnny Stompanato and his place in Southern California gangster noir are perhaps more about the perception of how Tinseltown saw him in the context not of organized crime, but the way he disturbed their sense of order and place.
Mar 28, 2008 · Fifty years ago this April, a young man from Woodstock, Illinois, named Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death in the bedroom of his lover, the movie goddess Lana Turner.
Feb 13, 2024 · In 1958, Johnny Stompanato, a mid-level gangster and gigolo and friend of the much more powerful Mickey Cohen, was stabbed to death in the home of award-winning and beloved actress Lana Turner.
Dec 5, 2015 · She found out about the honor while she was vacationing in Mexico with Johnny Stompanato, her boyfriend of about a year. Stompanato was a low-level gangster, an associate of Mickey Cohen.
