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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 · The bodyguard of Mickey Cohen, Johnny Stompanato was a notorious L.A. mobster before he was stabbed to death in Lana Turner's home on April 4, 1958. Turner's daughter has always maintained that she killed Stompanato in her mother's defense, but rumors have swirled that Turned killed him herself.
Johnny Stompanato may be known as an underworld figure and enforcer of Los Angeles crime boss Mickey Cohen but there was more to Stompanato than his crime records. Not many know that he was once a war hero.
Jan 28, 2024 · In his new book A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown’s Most Shocking Crime, out Feb. 13 from Sourcebooks, the author examines the infamous 1958 murder of gangster Johnny...
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.
Aug 10, 2015 · On the floor of her upstairs bedroom lay the lifeless body of Johnny Stompanato, her handsome tough-guy beau and reputed associate of mobster Mickey Cohen. Advertisement. Stompanato had been...
