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  2. Big Jim Colosimo - Wikipedia

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    Vincenzo Colosimo [2] (Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso koˈlɔːzimo]; February 16, 1878 – May 11, 1920), known as James "Big Jim" Colosimo or as "Diamond Jim", was an Italian-American Mafia crime boss who emigrated from Calabria, Italy, in 1895 and built a criminal empire in Chicago based on prostitution, gambling and racketeering.

  3. The Ivory Tower (Boardwalk Empire) - Wikipedia

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    The story about Big Jim Colosimo's death is the one non-fictional story in The Ivory Tower. As seen in the pilot, Frankie Yale murders Jim on orders from Johnny Torrio. It was widely believed that Torrio ordered Colosimo's killing so that he and the Chicago mob could enter the lucrative bootlegging business, which Colosimo opposed out of a ...

  4. List of Jewish American mobsters - Wikipedia

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    An early organized crime figure in Chicago associated with "Big Jim" Colosimo. Owned some of the city's most popular nightclubs, such as Midnight Frolics and Kreiberg's, during Prohibition. [6] Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld: No image available: 1900–1981 1900s–1980s

  5. Frankie Yale - Wikipedia

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    In May 1920, Yale traveled to Chicago and personally killed longtime gang boss Big Jim Colosimo at the behest of Chicago Outfit friends Torrio and Capone. [13] Colosimo was allegedly murdered because he stood in the way of his gang making huge bootlegging profits in Chicago. Although suspected by Chicago police, Yale was never officially ...

  6. Timeline of organized crime in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    1919 – Under the tutelage of forward-thinking racketeer Johnny Torrio, Al Capone stood in front of Jim Colosimo's multi-use house of prostitution the, "Four Deuces", at 2222 S. Wabash Avenue, barkering to male passers-by to enjoy what "Big Jim's" business had to offer. Johnny Torrio also ran Colosimo's holdings from that building.

  7. After 2,000 years of mystery, secrets of the Herculaneum ...

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    Buried in ash after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79AD, the secret of a papyrus scroll kept their secrets hidden for centuries. Now one has been deciphered by AI.

  8. Chicago Outfit - Wikipedia

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    Big Jim Colosimo centralized control in the early 20th century. Colosimo was born in Calabria , Italy, in 1878, and immigrated to Chicago in 1895, where he established himself as a criminal. By 1909, with the help of bringing Johnny Torrio from New York to Chicago, he was successful enough that he was encroaching on the criminal activity of the ...

  9. How to read ‘ACOTAR’ author Sarah J. Maas’ books in order

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    Perhaps BookTok or your reading buddies put Maas’ three series — “Throne of Glass,” “A Court of Thorns and Roses” and “Crescent City”— on your radar, and her newest book ...