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Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'
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Al Capone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 17
Died: 1947
Died: January 25
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