Al Capone

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When and where Al Capone was born?

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Birth date
January 17, 18991899-01-17
Date of death
January 25, 1947 (48 years)1947-01-25
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Place of Birth
United States
Occupation
Socialite
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Biography (wiki)

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (/ˈæl kəˈpoʊn/; Italian: ; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname «Scarface», was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33.

Capone was born in New York City, to Italian immigrants. He was a Five Points Gang member who became a bouncer in organized crime premises such as brothels. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago and became a bodyguard and trusted factotum for Johnny Torrio, head of a criminal syndicate that illegally supplied alcohol—the forerunner of the Outfit—and was politically protected through the Unione Siciliana. A conflict with the North Side Gang was instrumental in Capone’s rise and fall. Torrio went into retirement after North Side gunmen almost killed him, handing control to Capone. Capone expanded the bootlegging business through increasingly violent means, but his mutually profitable relationships with mayor William Hale Thompson and the city’s police meant he seemed safe from law enforcement.