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" Final Resting Place of Anthony" Tony" Accardo"

Anthony "Tony" Accardo   April 28th 1906  -  May 27th 1992.

Chicago Mob Boss

Joined the city's organized crime family, the "Outfit," during the late 1920s has a foot soldier, later to become Al Capones driver . Was rumored to have been one of the shooters in the Saint Valentines Massacre. He served under three bosses (Al Capone, Frank Nitti, and Paul Ricca), before becoming the boss himself.  Anthony Accardo was also known as the "Big Tuna," he ruled the "Outfit" from 1943 until 1957, when he passed the  day to day running to Sam Giancana. Giancana went to prison in 1965 for contempt and on his release was forced to flee to Mexico on Accardo's orders. He returned to full control until the early 1970s, when with his permission and supervision  Joseph Aiuppa took on the day to day running. When the Chicago Outfits Las Vegas investments were decimated by  the casino skimming convictions in the mid-1980s, he returned to head the daily running of the "Outfit" once again. He continued has head of the Chicago "Outfit" until his death at the age of 86 in 1992,

Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois.

Info and photo courtesy of Wayne Egger of New York.