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John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli (born Filippo Sacco; July 4, 1905 – August 7, 1976), sometimes spelled Rosselli, was a mobster for the Chicago Outfit who helped that organization exert influence over Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip. Roselli was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in a plot to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel ...
Like the New York club, for many years the Friars Club of Beverly Hills was known for its celebrity members and "roasts". [ 5 ] From the summer of 1962 to the summer of 1966, John Roselli , Maurice Friedman, Manuel Jacobs, and others rigged high stake gin rummy games at the Friars Club.
Judith Exner (January 11, 1934 – September 24, 1999) was an American woman who claimed to be the mistress of U.S. Senator, then U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Mafia leaders Sam Giancana and John Roselli. Several aspects of her claim of having known Kennedy have been verified by documents, phone records, and testimony.
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Jack Dragna, "Capone of Los Angeles" (born Ignazio Dragna, 1891–1956) Tom Dragna (born Gaetano Dragna , 1889–1977) Louis Tom Dragna , "The Reluctant Prince" (1920–2012)
October 28 – Former leader of the New Orleans crime family Carlo Matranga dies in Los Angeles, California of natural causes. December 22 – Paul Ricca, Louis Campagna, John Roselli and four other defendants are convicted of extortion with each fined $10,000 and received prison sentences ranging from seven-to-10 years.
Jimmy Roselli (1925–2011), Italian-American pop singer; John Roselli (1905–1976), influential mobster for the Chicago Outfit; Nahuel Roselli (born 1985), Argentine football defender; Nardia Roselli (born 1990), New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship; Romeo Roselli (born 1980), professional wrestler and actor best
The Pacific Design Center, or PDC, is a 1,600,000-square-foot (150,000 m 2) multi-use facility for the design community in West Hollywood, California.One of the buildings is often described as the Blue Whale because of its large size relative to surrounding buildings and its brilliant blue glass cladding.