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    Salvatore "Mooney" Giancana (/dʒiɑːnˈkɑːnə/; born Gilormo Giangana; Italian: [dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908 – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster...
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  • U.S. Senator, then U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Mafia leaders Sam Giancana and John Roselli. Several aspects of her claim of having known Kennedy...
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    Ricca emphasized keeping a low profile and let flashier figures, such as Sam Giancana, attract attention instead. For example, when professional wrestlers...
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    rhyming. On his album The Giancana Story, he stated that the "G" in his name stands for "Giancana" (after the mobster Sam Giancana), but on other occasions...
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  • Accardo. However, in 1957, Ricca suddenly told Accardo that he wanted Sam Giancana, a Ricca protégé, to take Accardo's position. Accardo was facing tax...
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  • infamous Chicago street gang led by future Outfit boss, Salvatore "Sam" Giancana. DeStefano soon became involved in bootlegging and gambling. In 1932...
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  • others have alleged that Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante Jr., and Sam Giancana conspired in the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy...
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    Chicago mafia boss Sam Giancana opposite Tom Wilkinson and Barry Pepper. GQ's Tom Carson said Houde's performance was "a terrific Sam Giancana (Serge Houde...
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    Forty-Two Gang, a notoriously violent youth gang. Among them were Sam "Momo" Giancana, Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio, and Fiore "Fifi"...
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    temporarily stripped by the Nevada Gaming Control Board in 1963 after mobster Sam Giancana was spotted on the premises. Due to ongoing pressure from the FBI and...
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  • (born 1934), American tennis player Sam Giancana (1908–1975), Italian-American mobster, boss of the Chicago Outfit Sam Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people...
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  • Bureau of Narcotics, Sam Giancana. "Mafia: The Government's Secret File on Organized Crime" pg. 509 Bureau of Narcotics, Sam Giancana. "Mafia: The Government's...
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  • Chicago Outfit. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7385-2326-7 Giancana, Sam and Chuck. Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster...
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  • future syndicate members Sam Giancana, Sam "Teets" Battaglia, Luigi "Cockeyed Louie" Fratto, Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio, "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Charles...
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  • Leonard Gianola, Vincent Inserro and Sam Giancana. 1925 – Outfit front man and "42-Gang" graduate Sam "Momo" Giancana's arrest record consisted of more than...
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  • of the Chicago Outfit, who served as hitman under boss Sam Giancana before and after Giancana's rise and fall. Nicoletti was murdered on March 29, 1977...
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  • between singer Phyllis McGuire of The McGuire Sisters, and Mafia boss Sam Giancana, famous for his alleged connections to John F. Kennedy and Frank Sinatra...
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    Bonanno crime family in New York City, but was more closely allied with Sam Giancana in Chicago. Consequently, while generally recognized as the most powerful...
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    since Bonanno was aware that Ruby was an associate of Chicago mobster Sam Giancana. Some conspiracy theorists have suggested Ruby had links to organized...
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  • introduced Maheu to mobster leaders Sam Giancana and Santo Trafficante Jr. Supplied with six poison pills from the CIA, Giancana and Trafficante tried unsuccessfully...
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  • notoriously corrupt Chicago police officer and a close associate of Mafia boss Sam Giancana. Richard Cain was born to John and Lydia (née Scully) Cain – who were...
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  • little publicity as possible. Whereas some senior wiseguys, such as Sam Giancana and Filippo Sacco, welcomed the limelight, others took their cue from...
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    Roselli introduced Maheu to two men he referred to as "Sam Gold" and "Joe". "Sam Gold" was Sam Giancana; "Joe" was Santo Trafficante, Jr., the Tampa, Florida...
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  • The Cold Six Thousand (category Cultural depictions of Sam Giancana)
    The Cold Six Thousand is a 2001 crime fiction novel by James Ellroy. It is the first sequel to American Tabloid in the Underworld USA Trilogy and continues...
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  • include the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and the 1977 murder of Sam Giancana. Lynchings and race riots – homicides associated with lynching and race...
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    with several others, including singer Dean Martin and Chicago mobster Sam Giancana. Under Sinatra, the Celebrity Room was added alongside a helipad and...
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    Joey Aiuppa gained control of the Chicago Outfit after the death of Sam Giancana, who had strong support from Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo. Aiuppa became...
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    attributed to Phyllis' long-standing personal relationship with mobster Sam Giancana (although for years she claimed that their friendship was strictly platonic)...
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  • acquainted with Sam Giancana, a hit-man for hire among top Italian Mafia figures. Back on the streets, the men became friends. Jones taught Giancana everything...
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    Times. July 14, 1967. Retrieved February 10, 2020. Bureau of Narcotics, Sam Giancana (2009) pg.510 Feinberg, Alexander (November 18, 1952). "M'Granery Acts...
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