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Johnny Stompanato was born on October 10, 1925 into an Italian-American family in Woodstock, Illinois. His father, John Sr.,owned a barber shop and his mother,Carmela, was a seamstress.He was the youngest of the four children born to the couple, with two elder sisters,Grace and Teresa,and an older brother, Carmine.
Johnny Stompanato Oct 10, 1925 - Apr 4, 1958. John Stompanato Jr., was a United States Marine who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen and the Cohen crime family. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress Lana Turner.
John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958) was a United States Marine and gangster who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen and the Cohen crime family. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress Lana Turner.
22 de feb. de 2022 · Wikimedia CommonsLana Turner, Johnny Stompanato, and Cheryl Crane at Los Angeles International Airport in March, 1958, just over two weeks before Crane fatally stabbed Stompanato. Despite her mother’s distance and commitment to her career, Cheryl Crane was devoted to her. The girl witnessed Turner bring home a string of “uncles ...
28 de mar. de 2008 · Fifty years ago this April, a young man from Woodstock, Illinois, named Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death in the bedroom of his lover, the movie goddess Lana Turner. Stompanato was a minor ...
7 de feb. de 2023 · Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato, and Cheryl Crane (5 April 1958). From Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). That night, Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve) won the best actress award.
27 de jul. de 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.