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Arthur Shawcross, 63 (1945 - 2008)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Serial killer Arthur Shawcross, who was serving life in prison for strangling 11 women in the Rochester area, has died at 63. Shawcross died late Monday at an Albany hospital, where he had been taken after complaining of leg pain earlier in the day at the Sullivan Correctional Facility, Corrections Department spokesman Erik Kriss said Tuesday. The cause of...
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Nikola Kavaja (2008)
BELGRADE, Serbia - Nikola Kavaja, who hijacked a U.S. passenger jet in 1979 with the intention of crashing it into Yugoslav Communist Party headquarters, has died. Kavaja, 76, died of a heart attack at his home in Belgrade late Monday, the Blic daily newspaper said. Other local media also reported his death. The self-declared anti-communist hijacked an American Airlines Boeing 707 in New...
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James Fantroy, 71 (1937 - 2008)
DALLAS - James Fantroy, a former Dallas City Council member who chose prison over admitting publicly that he embezzled public funds, has died. He was 71. Fantroy died Sunday after a lengthy struggle with kidney cancer, City Council member Tennell Atkins told The Associated Press. Fantroy served a southern district of the city from 2000 until 2007. The private security company operator...
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Frank (Lefty) Rosenthal, 79 (1929 - 2008)
MIAMI -- Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal--sports handicapper extraordinaire, Las Vegas gaming executive and the inspiration for the blockbuster movie "Casino"--died Monday. He was 79. He died from a heart attack in his Miami Beach condo, a fire-rescue spokeswoman said. Rosenthal, who once survived a car bomb, ran the Chicago mob-owned Stardust, Fremont, Hacienda and Marina casinos through the...
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Frank J. Valenti (2008)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Frank J. Valenti, who oversaw organized crime activity in Rochester during its violent heyday in the 1960s and '70s, has died. He was 97. He died Saturday at a nursing home outside Houston, according to a death certificate filed Wednesday at the clerk's office in Fort Bend County, Texas. Valenti seized control of gambling, prostitution and extortion rackets in the...
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Philomena Gotti (2008)
VALLEY STREAM, NY - Philomena Gotti, whose brood of 13 children included Gambino crime family kingpin John Gotti and four other sons with mob ties, died Tuesday. She was 96. She died at her...
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Jamiel Alexander "Jimmy" Chagra, 63 (1944 - 2008)
El Paso, Texas - Drug kingpin Jamiel Alexander "Jimmy" Chagra, accused of leading a 1979 conspiracy to assassinate the federal judge set to preside over his drug trial, has died. He was 63. ...
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Edward Davidson (2008)
BENNETT, Colo. — A convicted spammer fatally shot his wife and young daughter in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday while being sought after escaping prison last weekend, authorities said. A...
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Frank Schweihs (2008)
CHICAGO -- Frank "The German" Schweihs, reputedly one of Chicago's most feared mob enforcers, has died while awaiting trial on charges he took part in a conspiracy that included numerous organized...
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Dinko Sakic, 86 (1921 - 2008)
ZAGREB, Croatia - Dinko Sakic, the last known living commander of a World War II concentration camp, died overnight in a Croatian prison hospital while serving a 20-year sentence for war crimes,...
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John Gotti, 61 (1940 - 2002)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Gotti, the swaggering "Dapper Don" boss of the Gambino crime family who was sentenced to life in prison in 1992 on murder charges after years of evading the law, died at...
