Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone, 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 from 1925 to 1931. His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he was imprisoned at the age of 33.
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- Brooklyn
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man."
"Do I do business with Canadian racketeers? I don't even know what street Canada is on."
"I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War."
"This American system of ours ... call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the …"
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1899
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Birth1947
Died
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