Al Capone
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Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) was an Italian-American gangster. He led a crime syndicate in the Prohibition-era that was known as the "Capones". The Capones was known for smuggling, bootlegging liquor and prostitution in Chicago, Illinois from around the 1920s to 1931. Capone died on January 25, 1947 after he suffered a stroke. He regained consciousness and caught pneumonia and later had a fatal cardiac arrest.
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