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Sam Giancana

Birth Name:
Gilormo Giangana
Birth Date:
May 24, 1908
Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois
Death Date:
June 19, 1975
Place of Death:
1147 S. Wenonah, Oak Park, Illinois
Age:
67
Cause of Death:
Homicide - gunshot wounds
Cemetery Name:
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Crime and their Victims
Associates:
Sam Giancana started out as a wheelman for Al Capone and worked his way to the top of Chicago's illegal gambling operations. He had many ties with politicians, including the Kennedys, and was called to testify regarding Mafia involvement in a CIA plot to assassinate Castro. Giancana himself was killed in his own home before giving testimony.

Fun Fact

The House Committee on Assassinations did an exhaustive look the President John F. Kennedy assassination and they concluded not only did Oswald not act alone, but that all the evidence indicated that there was a conspiracy, and that, in all probability, Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante and Sam Giancana – the three big mob bosses that Bobby was aggressively prosecuting, had the motive, means and opportunity (to use the phrase of the House Select Committee) to have committed the crime.

The findings surprised exactly no one.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery

1400 S Wolf Road

Hillside, Illinois, 60162

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery

Grave Location:

Section 38

Grave Location Description

Sam Giancana’s mausoleum is located on the corner of Section 38 where it intersects with Sections 42, 30 and 25.

Grave Location GPS

41.864178, -87.914197

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Read More About Sam Giancana:

Videos Featuring Sam Giancana:
The Sam Giancana Story - The True Story of The American Mobster Documentary
The Chicago Mob - Sam Giancana - Part 1 of 4
Sam Giancana: The Chicago Outfit's Acting Mob Boss (1908 - 1975)
Sam Giancana Funeral
Mafia's Greatest Hits - Sam Giancana
Sam "The Cigar" Giancana's Demise
Sam Giancana - Chicago Mobster

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Frank Lonardo

popular name: Frank Lonardo

date_of_death: October 19, 1929

age: 42

cause_of_death: Gunshot wounds from a mob hit

claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims

best_know_for: One of four brothers that made up the Lonardo crime family, Frank was gunned down during a card game in the back of a downtown Cleveland barbershop years after the murder of his brothers Big Joe and John Lonardo. While the crime was never solved, it was generally understood that his murder was part of a plot to eliminate all the Lonardo brothers connected with the bootlegging racket and that Frank Alessi was involved in the planning of the execution.

Al Capone

popular name: Al Capone

date_of_death: January 25, 1947

age: 48

cause_of_death: Suffering from late-stage syphilis he died as a result of a stroke, bronchopneumonia and cardiac arrest.

claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims

best_know_for: Al "Scarface" Capone was a notorious mobster who was head of the powerful Chicago Outfit during the 1920s and 30s. Making a vast fortune from alcohol bootlegging, prostitution, and illegal gambling he was responsible for over 30 deaths including 7 from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

Henry Bedard, Jr.

popular name: Henry Bedard, Jr.

date_of_death: December 16, 1974

age: 15

cause_of_death: Homicide - blunt force trauma

claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims

best_know_for: Henry was a young teenager who was found in the woods overlooking his hometown of Swampscott, Massachusetts. He was beaten to death with a baseball bat and his murder has gone unsolved for over 40 years.

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