Did anyone know Al Capone personally?
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My grandmother once mentioned seeing him in a barber shop through the window, but that was about it.
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nope, never heard of him.\n\nare you sure you spelled that name correctly?
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he was from alabama.\n\ngoogle him
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Not really. I grew up in the U.S. and I'd never heard of him until I came to Germany.
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Yes I know him/her/it personally in fact!
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I met Bill Cosby.  I got to shake his hand, get his autograph and go into his private jet.  He even made the "Huxtible Stare" for us.  It was great.  He is such a nice guy.
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Google for "Al Capone".
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Your uncle???  WOW, that is great.  That is the best thing I've heard all day.   WOW Chet Brooks, your uncle.. unreal.... \n\nWOW...\n\nSo are you related to Mel Brooks too?  Now that would be something.
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My opinion: Al Pacino; Godfather II.
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Al Pacino man, hands down.
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The old man, Joe Kennedy, enlisted the aid of the mafia and organized labor to get his son as Pres.  After coming to office, instead of assisting the mob ties, Jack appointed his brother as attorney general and went after organized crime.  J Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, would not only not cooperate in this effort, which should have been the function of his organization, but hindered efforts, so the Kennedy bros were after his hide, too.  THis leads me to suspect that elements of the FBI as well as the mob were into the assassination and the coverup.  Wasn't it Dorothy Killgallin or Arlene Francis who had the only interview with one of the assassins and called a friend that night to say she would spill the beans and she died that night?  THen Marilyn Monroe had an affair with both Kennedys and had a diary and called a friend to say she was coming out with some secrets the next day and she died that night and the diary was nowhere to be found and her house was bugged, but nobody knew who bugged it.  THere are some very evil people in the US government who are guilty of many of the things that we have always accused the old SOviets of.
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The male lead in Capote was Philip Seymour Hoffman. He played the role of Truman Capote and won his first Academy Award for it.\n\nHe has been seen earlier in Scent of a Woman. Watch out for him this May along with Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible-3.
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No one knows for sure. I like the Kennedy theory myself. They got tired of cleaning up his mess incl. Marilyn Monroe. But the mafia theory works for me too. They are just interesting & somewhat believeble unlike Oswald.
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Well, the famous Mobster hey day was the 20s and 30s, of course, but they stayed around with lower profiles for many decades thereafter and for all I know are still there. \n\nI have an actual true life story to tell you since you asked. I promise every word of this is true.  In the 1960s, I lived in a western suburb of Chicago. It was and is a very affluent suburb, with big old trees and huge mansions. I was 10 when my family moved there. Down one block and around the corner, lived a "former" mobster, one Tony "the Big Tuna" Accardo, by name.  He lived alone with an old housekeeper. He was fairly old himself, or so he seemed to me.\nMy mother was not at all happy that he was our close neighbor, but didn't explain to me why until I was an adult. I just thought he was a cute little old man. He would walk every day with his cane and his old housekeeper, both of them all in black.\n\nWhen it came time for Halloween and trick-or-treating, my mother, and my best friend's mother made sure we girls NEVER went to the house of the Big Tuna for treats.  If he was walking when we were out, our moms would call us inside.\nFinally, one day we were out walking ourselves and the housekeeper came running up to us puffing and handed us each a pie. She said, "Mr. Accardo, he sees you nice young ladies alla da time out here, and he says to me, make them a pie, theysa nice girls. So, I maka you dese pies, now YOU take'm and give'm to your mama's with de compliments of Mr. Tony Accardo, and you tell your mamas that Mr. Accardo he said that you are nice girls and he looks out for you here in this neighborhood. He is a good neighbor."\nWell, we were only 11, and we didn't know what else to do but take the pies, and give them to our moms, who both did the same thing--opened the garbage can and threw the pie away. And that was that.  Sorry, not more exciting. No guns, no blood.\n\nBut Tony Accardo had been a consiglieri to Al Capone at one time, and was a godfather, and a very bad man.  Nevertheless, where a godfather resides, there is very little crime in that neighborhood. They don't soil their own garden.  DHW
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"I'd make him an offer, he can't refuse"\n- That Screenplay\n- That voice (Marlon Brando) \n- That stare (Al Pacino) \n- That haunting background score\n- The dead Barzini & Meo Greene (along of the members of all 5 families)\n- The first cold blood off Michael Corleone in a restaurant.\n\nAnd the biggest contributor of them all, an excellent base, a story well written by Mario Puzo and given shape by Francis Ford Coppolla.
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Yeah here is the story. Kind of long, but please read!\n\nOkay well you can believe what you want but if you follow Mase and know his history this will all add up to you. Found this story out today from some friends and it makes all sense now. These are people who do know people affiliated to people in this story so I trust the sources. Anyway heres the breakdown\n\nYou ever wonder why Mase just out of nowhere left? He claimed it was because he found God, well that was partially true but not fully. Truth is there was a well known guy in Harlem. Mase was ****ing his girl or wife whatever she is. Word got back around and Mase got caught. So he picked up and took off to Atlanta to basically hide out. He also took two people with him i forget the exact names but if you listen to the interview in which Jim Jones and Cam confronted him on air about it the names pop up. I remembered them as soon as I heard them. Pop Lotty and another dude.(Loon talks about this in his new diss to Mase) Anyway they all took off with Mase to Atlanta. As years passed these two guys felt it was now safe and **** was all clear for them to come back to New York. Mase was warned by the guy though and what happened next is both of these guys were murdered. Maybe just one was and one was stabbed. Either way they got hit because of Mase.\n\nTime passed and the guy who was after Mase was murdered too. This set it up for Mase to easily come back to NY because he felt it was all clear now and he could continue to rap all of a sudden. No one questioned it except the people in Harlem i.e Loon, Diplomats, Cardan, etc because they all knew the true story.\n\nWhich is why on radio Cam and jim Jones confronted him if you remember and they kept sayin tell them Mase why you left. Tell them why you picked up and ran. We know your true story etc.\n\nalso explains cam'rons line in Welcome To New York City\n\n"you get jam wit them jammers blam with them blammers.. its hot here.. ask mase he ran to atlanta"\n\nIf you recall Mase was very quiet too on air about it because this was now out in the open. He also started to pray and said it was for jimmy. Truth is it most likely was for his friends and himself.\n\nNow also it should be noted since Mase thought he was free and had no wrries. He felt he could come back as the original Murda Mase he always was. However, it was Diddy who didnt want Mase associated with that. Since the Shyne case diddy has wanted to stay away from all trouble and he knew Mase was trouble now which is also why you did not see Diddy anywhere with Mase. Dont you think it would of been like the old days when Diddy was side by side with him? Well that didnt happen because Diddy knew the history himself too and he didnt want Murda MAse he wanted the soft Mase with no problems. Because he didnt want trouble again with his company. He has stayed out of all that\n\nThat now explains Mase saying on radio Bad Boy wouldnt let him be who he wanted to be etc etc\n\nBasically that was all a act. Now fast forward to today no one hates Mase now but people in Harlem because they all think he is a fake. They know his history. Why is it even close friends of his Loon and Cardan are not even with him now? Instead they dissin him. Supposedly there are more people after him again though due to this and he joined up with G-Unit for the added security presence because basically everyone thinks if the security there we have no chance to get at you. This explains now why Diddy was so free to let him go. Diddy wasnt going to help him at all he rather Mase go to 50 and let 50 handle him while Diddy gets checks cut to him off Mase profits but now it doesnt reflect on Bad Boy what he says or does. He just gets his checks on the side. Its basically a G-Unit problem now not a Bad Boy problem.\n\nSo for people who know Mases history this will add up to you. If you been following along. It all made sense to me now when you add it all up. Pretty crazy. Long read but I thoug
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On a trip to LA, I met Seinfeld (on the lot) and Burt Reynolds (when he was with Lonnie Anderson).  I've met Bill Clinton (when he was governor).  I've been back stage At the Opry with Porter Wagner and Joe Diffie.  No one real big.  Most celebrities I've met were pretty cool, just normal people for the most part. (except they are rich and famous)! ha!