- Kobler, John. Capone: the Life and World of Al Capone. New York: Da Capo Press, 1992. - Bergreen, Laurence. Capone: the Man and the Era. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994. Al Capone was possibly the largest and most feared mafia boss America has ever seen. This 1920's gangster made his mark on the world through organized crime during the Prohibition era. He is solely attributed with Chicago's reputation as a lawless city. Alphonsus Capone was born …showed first 75 words of 879 total…

…showed last 75 words of 879 total…period of time. His mind and body deteriorated to the point where he could no longer run the outfit. Capone later had an apoplectic stroke, which was presumably unrelated to the syphilitic dementia. Although Capone appeared to be recovering from the stroke, the weakened man fell victim to pneumonia. On January 25, 1947, Alphonsus Capone died of a cardiac arrest. He was laid to rest in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago between his father and brother.