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6 set 2021 · Johnny Stompanato was born to Italian immigrant parents in Woodstock, Illinois in 1925. In 1940, Stompanato’s father sent the youngster to Kemper Military School for boys in Boonville, Missouri. In 1943, he joined the Marines and was stationed all over the Pacific for the next few years.
Johnny Stompanato Jr. va ser un infant de marina nord-americana. Casat i amb fills, és conegut perquè va tenir una relació amorosa amb l'actriu Lana Turner , amb qui va acabar convivint. Posteriorment va ser assassinat per la filla de l'actriu, Cheryl Crane, durant un discussió entre la parella el 4 d'abril de 1958, a la mansió de l'actriu, a Beverly Hills .
Stompanato was Cohen's moneyman and twice when he was arrested he was found to be carrying more than $50,000 cash. Having a flunky carry all the money was typical in the syndicate. Since the top guys were often harassed by police and arrested on trumped-up charges such as vagrancy, it would be difficult for a flower shop owner like Mickey Cohen to explain why he had so much cash.
In 1979 Rene Ricard wrote one of his best-known known poems, The Death of Johnny Stompanato, published in Italian translation in 1981 and republished in Rene Ricard, Love Poems, CUZ Editions, 1999. The backstory of director Woody Allen's 1987 film September , in which Lane ( Mia Farrow ) shot the abusive boyfriend of her actress mother, seems to have been suggested by Stompanato's death.
13 gen 2021 · Johnny Stompanato Jr., anche conosciuto come Handsome Harry, John Steele, Johnny Valentine, soprannominato Oscar e Johnny Dong (Woodstock, 10 ottobre 1925 – Los Angeles, 4 aprile 1958), è stato un criminale statunitense di origine italiana, che lavorò come guardia del corpo e scagnozzo del gangster Mickey Cohen.
27 lug 2023 · A Night with Johnny Stompanato A real-life Hollywood story, as dramatic as anything on the silver screen. In 1957, glamorous Hollywood actress Lana Turner was filming The Lady Takes a Flyer.
13 feb 2024 · In 1958, Johnny Stompanato, a mid-level gangster and gigolo and friend of the much more powerful Mickey Cohen, was stabbed to death in the home of award-winning and beloved actress Lana Turner. Turner’s 14-year-old daughter, Cheryl, claimed responsibility, saying that she stabbed Stompanato in defense of her mother.
