John Stompanato Jr. (1925 - 1958)

Born 10 Oct 1925 in Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, USA

Husband of Dolores Diane (Freymouth) Niemetz — married 17 Jan 1953 (to 10 Feb 1955) in Los Angeles, California

Died 4 Apr 1958 at age 32 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA

John Stompanato Jr. is Notable.

Biography

John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958), 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. In 1958, he was stabbed to death by Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane, who said she did it to defend her mother from a vicious beating by Stompanato. His death was ruled as justifiable homicide because he had been killed in self-defense.

Stompanato is interred at Oakland Cemetery, in Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois beside his mother Carmela (1890–1925), his father John (1890–1952), and his stepmother Verena (1901–1967). His brother Carmine (1912–1961) is buried nearby.

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1226/johnny-stompanato

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Stompanato