Roger Touhy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Roger Touhy

American mob boss

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1898

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1959

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Roger Touhy

  • Roger Touhy (September 18, 1898 – December 16, 1959) was an Irish-American mob boss and prohibition-era bootlegger from Chicago, Illinois.
  • He is best remembered for having been framed for the 1933 faked kidnapping of gangster John "Jake the Barber" Factor, a brother of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor Sr.
  • Despite numerous appeals and at least one court ruling freeing him, Touhy spent 26 years in prison.
  • Touhy was released in November 1959.
  • He was murdered by the Chicago Outfit less than a month later.

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