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Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) was an American crime boss in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Early life.
Once in Harlem, he quickly began indulging in petty crime and pool hustling before he was taken under the wing of gangster Bumpy Johnson. [6] Lucas' connection to Johnson has since come under some doubt; he claimed to have been Johnson's driver for 15 years, although Johnson spent just five years out of prison before his death in 1968.
St. Clair died quietly and still wealthy in 1969, shortly before her 73rd birthday. "Bumpy" Johnson, who had come back to live with her and to write poetry, had died one year earlier. [10] [2] However, her death was not mentioned in any newspaper of the era. [5]
Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama television series that premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. [1] The series is written by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson.
In 1934, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson is released from Sing Sing and returns to Harlem, where mobster Dutch Schultz asserts his control of the lucrative numbers game.Schultz begrudgingly reports to Mafia boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who pays bribes to special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey to protect his business.
Lucas was a petty criminal until he became associated with Harlem crime lord Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (1905-1968). [12] After Johnson's death, Lucas sought advancement by bypassing the Italian Mafia's control of the New York City heroin trade and obtained his heroin direct from Asia's Golden Triangle , often travelling to Bangkok, Thailand and ...
Johnson was the younger brother of Rafer Johnson, the 1960 Olympic decathlon gold medalist. Rafer Johnson died in 2020, also at 86. Born March 31, 1938, in Dallas, Jimmy Johnson moved to Fresno ...
He played Bumpy Johnson in the film American Gangster. [7] ... Williams died in Los Angeles, on June 4, 2021, at the age of 81, from colon cancer.