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string(156) "Grave of Mark Sandman. Mark Sandman was born on September 24, 1952 and died in Giardini del Principe, Palestrina, Italy due to Heart attack on July 3, 1999."
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string(174) "Grave of Bunk Johnson. Bunk Johnson was born on December 27, 1885 and died in 638 Franklin Street, New Iberia, Louisiana due to Lingering effects of a stroke on July 7, 1949."
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Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery
12800 Westheimer Road
Houston, Texas, 77077
USA
North America
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Rosario Porrello
popular name: Rosario Porrello
date_of_death: February 25, 1932
age: 41
cause_of_death: Gunshot wounds from a mob hit
claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims
best_know_for: A member of the Porrello crime family and older brother of crime boss Joseph Porrello. He was gunned down in a hail of bullets along with Raymond while they were playing cards at Joe Todaro's smoke shop at Woodland and East 111th Street. This execution of two more Porrello brothers effectively ended the family's influence in organized crime in Cleveland, Ohio as they were the last casualties of the Corn Sugar Wars in Cleveland, Ohio.
Karla Faye Tucker
popular name: Karla Faye Tucker
date_of_death: February 3, 1998
age: 38
cause_of_death: Prison Execution - lethal injection
claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims
best_know_for: Convicted for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary, she was the first woman to be executed in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863. Her execution received worldwide attention at the time.
Antonio Pollina
popular name: Antonio Pollina
date_of_death: February 27, 1993
age: 100
cause_of_death: Natural causes
claim_to_fame: Crime and their Victims
best_know_for: Antonio "Mr. Miggs" Pollina was an Italian-American mobster and was the short lived boss of the Philadelphia crime family during the late 1950s. Shortly after immigrating from Caccamo, Sicily he developed an arrest record dating back to 1927 and included arrests for murder, concealed weapons, untaxed liquor, assault & battery. His legitimate employment was as a cheese salesman for Maggio Cheese Co. (owned by the powerful mobster Micheal Maggio) Pollina was one of the top leaders of the mafia group known as "The Greaser Gang" and controlled a large loansharking operation. In 1959 Pollina was made interim boss of the Philadelphia crime family. It was then Pollina began plotting the murder of his rival and top earner Angelo Bruno. Pollina ordered his Underboss, Ignazio Denaro, to murder Angelo Bruno, but Denaro instead informed Bruno of Pollina's intentions. Bruno used his connections to The Commission to take Pollina's power away from him. The Commission authorized Bruno to murder Pollina. Pollina stepped down and Angelo Bruno replaced him and kept Denaro as his underboss.
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