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Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), more popularly known as Al "Scarface" Capone, was a famous American gangster in the 1920s and 1930s. Sourced Virgin territory for whorehouses. Referring to suburban Chicago. Quoted in The...


Biography

Name: Al Capone
Variant Name: 'Scarface'
Birth Date: January 17, 1899
Death Date: 1947
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Place of Death: Florida, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: gangster, criminal

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Biography of Al Capone
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Al "Scarface" Capone (1899-1947) was a notorious American gangster of the prohibition era. His career illustrated the power and influence of organized crime in the United States. Al Capone, whose real name was Alphonso Caponi, was born to Italian...
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Biography of Al Capone
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Italian immigrant parents, the legendary Al Capone became a gangster known for his domination of Chicago organized crime between 1925 and 1931. Al Capone was the fourth of nine children whose father, Gabriele Capone,...


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Capone, Al (1899-1947) Summary
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Perhaps the most recognizable figure in the history of organized crime in the United States, Al Capone gained international notoriety during the heady days of Prohibition when his gang dominated the trade in bootleg alcohol in Chicago. Known as...
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Capone, Al Summary
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Al Capone Born January 7, 1899 (Brooklyn, New York) Died January 25, 1947 (Palm Island, Florida) Organized crime leader Al Capone was one of the most notorious criminals of all time. During the Roaring Twenties, he gained fame both for the success of...
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Al Capone Born: 1899 Died: January 25, 1947 AKA: “Scarface” Like many of his associates, Al Capone rose from the ranks of poor street thugs to the upper level of Chicago’s underworld. As one of the nation’s most powerful...
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Al Capone Information
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<imagemap> Image:Padlock-silver-medium.svg Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), popularly known as Al Capone or Scarface, was an Italian American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to the smuggling and...


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The Boston Globe
The Al Capone behind the myth
08/18/1994: 957 words, approx. 3 pages
CAPONE The Man and the Era By Laurence Bergreen Simon & Schuster, 701 pp., illustrated, $30. Alphonse Capone was one of the great American entrepreneurs. By talent and enterprise he rose to the top of his profession while he was...
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The Boston Globe
A Hunt For Al Capone - And More Tour Brings New Faces Into Shops
09/28/2003: 553 words, approx. 2 pages
Somerville's Al Capone, the stone-faced proprietor of Capone Foods in Union Square, is actually Argentine. His pasta maker, the Extruder, churns out 600 pounds of 30 varieties each day. But his shelves also groan with Spanish quince paste, caper berries, and piquillo peppers....
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AP News
Bookkeeper charged with embezzling
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A bookkeeper for a construction materials company embezzled $6.9 million and used the money to go on a shopping spree that included a 104-acre ranch and a half-dozen talking trees like those in "The Wizard of Oz," federal authorities said Monday.Prosecutors say Angela Buckborough Platt...
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AP News
Worker bought talking trees, charges say
1/23/2007: 363 words, approx. 1 pages
A bookkeeper for a construction materials company embezzled $6.9 million and used the money to go on a shopping spree that included a 104-acre ranch and a half-dozen talking trees like those in "The Wizard of Oz," federal authorities said Monday.Prosecutors say Angela Buckborough Platt...
 


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The Real Scarface
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This essay will explain the life of the most successful gangsters in American culture, Al Capone.


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