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Anthony Joseph Accardo ( / əˈkɑːrdoʊ /; born Antonino Leonardo Accardo, Italian: [antoˈniːno leoˈnardo akˈkardo]; April 28, 1906 – May 22, 1992), also known as " Joe Batters " and " Big Tuna ", [1] was an American longtime mobster.
May 3, 2024 · Tony Accardo's criminal career spanned eight decades as he went from street thug to succeeding Al Capone as boss of the Chicago Outfit — and only spent a single night in jail.
Jan 26, 2022 · Tony Accardo rose to the top of the Chicago Outfit, the organized crime family best known for its connection to Al Capone.
Oct 14, 2020 · Accardo made his mark in the Chicago Outfit as one of their most brutal enforcers. He was alleged to have killed three members of the Outfit believed to have been turncoats by beating them to death with a baseball bat.
Tony Accardo was an American criminal, who is considered to be one of the sharpest Chicago mob bosses of all time, with a career spanning over six decades. Starting out as a bodyguard for Al Capone, he slowly rose through the ranks, becoming the boss and finally the ultimate authority of the Outfit by the time he was 70.
May 28, 1992 · Anthony J. Accardo, who rose to become the reputed boss of the Chicago crime syndicate from a job as Al Capone`s bodyguard on no more than a 6th-grade education, died Wednesday night in St....
Accardo helped the Outfit make millions while at the same time pushing the organization away from crimes that had previously gotten them into trouble. Accardo allegedly took control of the Chicago mob when Ricca retired, but would deny it to his death.
Oct 3, 2005 · The big boss, Tony Accardo, tapped Lombardo to serve in two key, overlapping roles: overseeing the Teamsters union's Central States Pension Fund (otherwise known as the mafia's bank because the...
Feb 13, 2019 · Also known as Joe Batters and Big Tuna, Tony Accardo began his criminal career as a bodyguard for Capone and ended it as mob boss.
The nation’s No. 1 hood, Anthony Joseph (“Tony”) Accardo, 54, alias Joe Batters, is the very model of a modern mob general. He is popularly credited with half a dozen murders dating from his days...
