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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 . In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress Lana Turner.
On the evening of April 4, 1958, 14-year-old Cheryl Crane fatally stabbed 32-year-old Johnny Stompanato, the boyfriend of her mother, actress Lana Turner, at Turner's rented home in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
May 10, 2024 · Johnny Stompanato was a notorious gangster and Lana Turner's abusive boyfriend. He was killed by Cheryl Crane, Turner's 14-year-old daughter, in 1958 after a violent argument.
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Johnny Stompanato was a former U.S. Marine, a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen, and a notorious playboy and blackmailer in Hollywood. He was stabbed to death by his girlfriend Lara Turner's daughter Cheryl Crane in 1958.
Nov 2, 2020 · Her boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was a mob bodyguard and enforcer who quickly got a reputation around Tinseltown as a violent mug with a thing for Hollywood starlets. Frank Sinatra had to ask...
Jan 28, 2024 · Casey Sherman's new book A Murder in Hollywood argues that Cheryl Crane, then 14, stabbed the gangster in self-defense in 1958. The author reveals how Lana Turner was targeted by Stompanato and his boss Mickey Cohen for extortion.
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Dec 30, 2017 · Wise guys don’t need an invitation to cause trouble, and Turner’s boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, strolled on the set as if he owned it. Stompanato represented the stereotype of a gangster found in almost every crime movie ever made. Everything about him screamed trouble. And he carried a gun.
