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  • NAME: Tony Accardo
  • OCCUPATION: Organized Crime Boss
  • BIRTH DATE: April 28, 1906
  • DEATH DATE: c. May 22, 1992
  • EDUCATION: James Otis Elementary School
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Chicago, Illinois

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Tony 'Big Tuna' Accardo turned to a life of crime in his early teens, and quickly rose to infamy as a soldier in Al Capone's Chicago Crime Syndicate.

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Before his death, Accardo divided his time between Palm Springs and an estate in the Chicago suburb of Barrington. He died May 27, 1992, of heart and lung disease, making him one of only a few mobsters who died of natural causes. Accardo was entombed in the mausoleum at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in the suburb of Hillside in Chicago, Illinois.

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