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Showing posts with label Dragna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dragna. Show all posts
23 February 2023

Los Angeles boss Dragna found dead in hotel

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 On this date in 1956: San Bernardino County Sun Jack Dragna, longtime underworld boss of southern California, was found dead of an apparent...
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15 October 2019

Wealthy Los Angeles-area Mafia leader vanishes

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On this date in 1931... L.A.Times, Oct. 18, 1931 Joseph E. Ardizzone, wealthy southern California ranch owner and Mafia chief, lef...
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14 October 2019

SoCal rackets bosses tried in federal court

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Long-awaited trial reveals Mafia informants On this date in 1980... Shocking revelations from turncoat witnesses were widely expected a...
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20 July 2018

SoCal Mafia tries (again) to take out Cohen

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On this date in 1949... Los Angeles Times Los Angeles area gambling czar Mickey Cohen, a frequent target of Mafia assassination attem...
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05 June 2018

Buckshot finishes Tampa big shot

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On this date in 1950: James Lumia, businessman, gambling rackets boss and Tampa Mafia leader, was in his car, double-parked on 19th St...
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13 May 2017

SoCal boss DiGiorgio is gunned down

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Chicago Tribune illustration Feared California Mafia leader  killed in Chicago barber chair Chicago Tribune May 14, 1922 May ...
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10 February 2017

Mafia executes SoCal informant Bompensiero

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Bompensiero On this date in 1977: Frank "Bomp" Bompensiero, a longtime leader of the southern California underworld, is shot t...